Clarence Brown
Directing

Clarence Brown

Born 10 May 1890 · Clinton, Massachusetts, USA · Died 17 August 1987

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.

Known for

National Velvet
The Yearling
Anna Karenina
Flesh and the Devil
Wife vs. Secretary
Anna Christie
The Eagle
Intruder in the Dust
A Free Soul
The Last of the Mohicans
Possessed
The Blue Bird
Fats Domino Live from Austin Texas
Never Let Me Go
Plymouth Adventure
When in Rome
Angels in the Outfield
It's a Big Country
To Please a Lady
Intruder in the Dust
The Secret Garden
Song of Love
The Yearling
National Velvet
The White Cliffs of Dover
The Human Comedy
Come Live with Me
They Met in Bombay
Edison, the Man
Idiot's Delight
The Rains Came
Of Human Hearts
Conquest
Wife vs. Secretary
The Gorgeous Hussy
Anna Karenina
Ah, Wilderness!
Sadie McKee
Chained
Night Flight
Looking Forward
Emma
Letty Lynton
The Son-Daughter
Inspiration
Possessed
A Free Soul
Anna Christie
Romance
Navy Blues
Wonder of Women
A Woman of Affairs
The Trail of '98
Flesh and the Devil
Kiki
Smouldering Fires
The Eagle
The Goose Woman
The Signal Tower
Butterfly
Don't Marry for Money
The Acquittal
The Light in the Dark
The Foolish Matrons
The Great Redeemer
The Last of the Mohicans
The Blue Bird
The Pride of the Clan
A Girl's Folly
The Closed Road
The Rail Rider
The Velvet Paw
The Cub
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