Clarence Brown
Directing
Born: May 10, 1890 · Clinton, Massachusetts, USA
Died: August 17, 1987 (aged 97)
Highest Rated
Biography
Clarence Leon Brown (May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987) was an American film director. After serving as a fighter pilot and flight instructor in the United States Army Air Service during World War I, Brown was given his first co-directing credit (with Tourneur) for The Great Redeemer (1920). Later that year, he directed a major portion of The Last of the Mohicans after Tourneur was injured in a fall. Brown moved to Universal in 1924, and then to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he remained until the mid-1950s. At MGM he was one of the main directors of their major female stars, he directed Joan Crawford six times and Greta Garbo seven. Brown was nominated five times for six films (see below) for an Academy Award as a director, but he never received an Oscar. However, he won Best Foreign Film for Anna Karenina, starring Garbo at the 1935 Venice International Film Festival. Brown's films gained a total of 38 Academy Award nominations and earned nine Oscars. Brown himself received five Academy Award nominations for six films and in 1949, he won the British Academy Award for the film version of William Faulkner's Intruder in the Dust. In 1957, Brown was awarded The George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film. Brown retired a wealthy man due to his real estate investments, but refused to watch new movies, as he feared they might cause him to restart his career. The Clarence Brown Theater, on the campus of the University of Tennessee, is named in his honor. He holds the record for most nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director without a win, with six.
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Movies (6)
Dead Heat
Harry Latham
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Possessed
Man on Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)
Fats Domino Live from Austin Texas
Batterie
The Signal Tower
Switch Man
Navy Blues
Roller Coaster Rider
TV Shows (1)
Self / Appearances (2)
Directing (55)
Intruder in the Dust
Director
Angels in the Outfield
Director
National Velvet
Director
The Yearling
Director
Anna Karenina
Director
Flesh and the Devil
Director
The White Cliffs of Dover
Director
Edison, the Man
Director
To Please a Lady
Director
Idiot's Delight
Director
It's a Big Country
Director
They Met in Bombay
Director
Come Live with Me
Director
Wife vs. Secretary
Director
Possessed
Director
Sadie McKee
Director
Plymouth Adventure
Director
The Rains Came
Director
A Woman of Affairs
Director
Chained
Director
The Last of the Mohicans
Co-Director
The Eagle
Director
Of Human Hearts
Director
Romance
Director
The Human Comedy
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The Trail of '98
Director
Song of Love
Director
The Son-Daughter
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Conquest
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Anna Christie
Director
Kiki
Director
The Gorgeous Hussy
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When in Rome
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The Goose Woman
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Night Flight
Director
Letty Lynton
Director
The Pride of the Clan
Assistant Director
A Free Soul
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Emma
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Smouldering Fires
Director
Inspiration
Director
Ah, Wilderness!
Director
The Light in the Dark
Director
Wonder of Women
Director
Looking Forward
Director
The Signal Tower
Director
Navy Blues
Director
Don't Marry for Money
Director
The Foolish Matrons
Director
The Acquittal
Director
The Great Redeemer
Director
The Velvet Paw
Assistant Director
The Closed Road
Assistant Director
Butterfly
Director
The Rail Rider
Assistant Director
Writing (1)
Producing (21)
Intruder in the Dust
Producer
Angels in the Outfield
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National Velvet
Producer
The White Cliffs of Dover
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To Please a Lady
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Wife vs. Secretary
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The Secret Garden
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Possessed
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Never Let Me Go
Producer
Chained
Producer
Romance
Producer
The Human Comedy
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The Trail of '98
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Song of Love
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Kiki
Producer
The Gorgeous Hussy
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Night Flight
Producer
Inspiration
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Ah, Wilderness!
Producer
Looking Forward
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Navy Blues
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