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      Clarence Brown

      Clarence Brown

      Highest Rated: 100% National Velvet (1944)

      Lowest Rated: 40% Idiot's Delight (1939)

      Birthday: May 10, 1890

      Birthplace: Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

      Although he trained as an engineer and expected to pursue a career in the automotive industry, Clarence Brown became enamoured of the burgeoning new industry of filmmaking around 1914 and switched careers. The Massachusetts-born, Tennessee-raised Brown became an assistant to director Maurice Tourneur at Peerless Studio in New Jersey. Following WWI (during which he served as a flying instructor), he rejoined Tourneur and got his first chance to direct a film when his mentor fell ill during the shooting of "The Last of the Mohicans" (1920). Later that year, Brown made his solo directing debut with "The Great Redeemer," co-written by actor John Gilbert.

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      ANNA KARENINA, from left: director Clarence Brown, Cora Sue Collins, Fredric March, Greta Garbo on set, 1935 ANNA KARENINA, from left: director Clarence Brown, Cora Sue Collins, Fredric March, Greta Garbo on set, 1935 THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER, Irene Dunne with director, Clarence Brown, on set, 1944 THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER, Irene Dunne with director, Clarence Brown, on set, 1944 THEY MET IN BOMBAY, director Clarence Brown, Rosalind Russell looking at photographs on set, 1941 THEY MET IN BOMBAY, director Clarence Brown, Rosalind Russell looking at photographs on set, 1941 POSSESSED, director Clarence Brown, Clark Gable, Joan Crawford on set, 1931 POSSESSED, director Clarence Brown, Clark Gable, Joan Crawford on set, 1931 CHAINED, director Clarence Brown (seated at camera) filming Joan Crawford, Clark Gable cheek to cheek on set, 1934 CHAINED, director Clarence Brown (seated at camera) filming Joan Crawford, Clark Gable cheek to cheek on set, 1934 WIFE VS. SECRETARY, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, 1936 WIFE VS. SECRETARY, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, 1936 CONQUEST, foreground from left: cinematographer Karl Freund, director Clarence Brown, Charles Boyer, Greta Garbo, 1937 conquest1937-fsct01(conquest1937-fsct01) CONQUEST, foreground from left: cinematographer Karl Freund, director Clarence Brown, Charles Boyer, Greta Garbo, 1937 conquest1937-fsct01(conquest1937-fsct01) FLESH AND THE DEVIL, director Clarence Brown, (left), John Gilbert, (in carriage), on-set, 1926 FLESH AND THE DEVIL, director Clarence Brown, (left), John Gilbert, (in carriage), on-set, 1926 EMMA, Purnell Pratt, Marie Dressler, director Clarence Brown (standing on crane) filming on set, 1932 EMMA, Purnell Pratt, Marie Dressler, director Clarence Brown (standing on crane) filming on set, 1932 WIFE VS. SECRETARY, director Clarence Brown, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Clark Gable on set, 1936 WIFE VS. SECRETARY, director Clarence Brown, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Clark Gable on set, 1936 CHAINED, director Clarence Brown (right) shows Clark Gable the tail of the rattlesnake he shot on the front lawn of his home on set, 1934 CHAINED, director Clarence Brown (right) shows Clark Gable the tail of the rattlesnake he shot on the front lawn of his home on set, 1934 THE HUMAN COMEDY, Director Clarence Brown and author William Saroyan on movie set, 1943 THE HUMAN COMEDY, Director Clarence Brown and author William Saroyan on movie set, 1943
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet 61% Never Let Me Go Producer - 1953
      No Score Yet 38% Plymouth Adventure Director - 1952
      No Score Yet No Score Yet When in Rome Director - 1952
      No Score Yet 10% It's a Big Country Director - 1951
      83% 65% Angels in the Outfield Director,
      Producer       		- 1951
      No Score Yet 30% To Please a Lady Director,
      Producer       		- 1950
      93% 82% Intruder in the Dust Director,
      Producer       		- 1949
      No Score Yet 75% The Secret Garden Producer - 1949
      No Score Yet 69% Possessed Director,
      Producer       		- 1947
      No Score Yet 66% Song of Love Director,
      Producer       		- 1947
      100% 76% The Yearling Director - 1946
      80% 59% The White Cliffs of Dover Director - 1944
      100% 78% National Velvet Director - 1944
      83% 69% The Human Comedy Director,
      Producer       		- 1943
      No Score Yet 69% Come Live With Me Director,
      Producer       		- 1941
      No Score Yet 67% They Met in Bombay Director - 1941
      80% 62% Edison, the Man Director - 1940
      40% 46% Idiot's Delight Director,
      Producer       		- 1939
      No Score Yet 65% The Rains Came Director - 1939
      No Score Yet 54% Of Human Hearts Director - 1938
      100% 56% Conquest Director - 1937
      No Score Yet 32% The Gorgeous Hussy Director - 1936
      No Score Yet 70% Wife vs. Secretary Director,
      Producer       		- 1936
      No Score Yet 67% Ah, Wilderness! Director,
      Producer       		- 1935
      93% 70% Anna Karenina Director - 1935
      No Score Yet 74% Chained Director,
      Producer       		- 1934
      No Score Yet 70% Sadie McKee Director - 1934
      No Score Yet 25% Night Flight Director - 1933
      No Score Yet 60% Looking Forward Director,
      Producer       		- 1933
      No Score Yet 68% Emma Director - 1932
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Son-Daughter Director - 1932
      No Score Yet 58% A Free Soul Director - 1931
      No Score Yet 50% Inspiration Director - 1931
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Navy Blues Director - 1930
      No Score Yet 24% Romance Director - 1930
      No Score Yet 58% Anna Christie Director - 1930
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Trail of '98 Director - 1929
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Wonder of Women Director - 1929
      No Score Yet 73% A Woman of Affairs Director - 1928
      No Score Yet 38% Kiki Director - 1926
      94% 85% Flesh and the Devil Director - 1926
      No Score Yet 73% The Eagle Director - 1925
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Goose Woman Director - 1925
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Smouldering Fires Director - 1925
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Signal Tower Switch Man (Character),
      Director       		- 1924
      80% 61% The Last of the Mohicans Director - 1920
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Pride of the Clan Film Editing - 1917
      No Score Yet No Score Yet A Butterfly on the Wheel Film Editing - 1915