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Clarence Brown
Director 1890 - 1987

Clarence Brown

Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

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... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

21 titles
Plymouth Adventure

Plymouth Adventure

Clarence Brown 1952 1h 45m 5.0

Trials and tribulations beset the one hundred odd settlers that journey to Virginia in 1620 including unexpectedly arriving in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Angels in the Outfield

Angels in the Outfield

Clarence Brown 1951 1h 39m 7.0

The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.

Intruder in the Dust

Intruder in the Dust

Clarence Brown 1949 1h 27m 8.3

Intruder in the Dust is a 1949 drama film produced and directed by Clarence Brown and starring David Brian and Claude Jarman, Jr. The film is based on the novel Intruder in the Dust by William Faulkner.

The Yearling

The Yearling

Clarence Brown 1946 2h 8m 7.0

Jody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?

National Velvet

National Velvet

Clarence Brown 1944 2h 3m 5.0

Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.

The Human Comedy

The Human Comedy

Clarence Brown 1943 1h 58m

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.

Come Live With Me

Come Live With Me

Clarence Brown 1941 1h 26m 6.0
Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man

Clarence Brown 1940 1h 47m 7.0

82-year-old inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Alva Edison is honored in 1929 and he reflects back on his sixty-year career of scientific achievement.

The Rains Came

The Rains Came

Clarence Brown 1939 1h 44m

In India, a married British aristocrat is reunited with an old flame, but she truly has her sights set on a handsome surgeon.

Wife vs. Secretary

Wife vs. Secretary

Clarence Brown 1936 1h 28m 7.0

The wife of a publishing executive mistakenly believes that her husband's relationship with his attractive secretary is more than professional.

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Clarence Brown 1935 1h 35m 7.5

In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a doctor must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.

Sadie McKee

Sadie McKee

Clarence Brown 1934 1h 33m

A maid (Joan Crawford) has romances with a two-timer (Gene Raymond), a boozing millionaire and the master (Franchot Tone) of the house.

Emma

Emma

Clarence Brown 1932 1h 12m

When their mother dies in childbirth, Emma Thatcher who has been the nanny to his 3 children but now has an infant to care for. The children grow up and Frederick becomes rich and successful. He and Emma marry, as it turns out right before his death, and his will becomes a source of trouble between the children and Emma.

Possessed

Possessed

Clarence Brown 1931 1h 16m 7.0

Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line, for a beautiful penthouse apartment...

A Free Soul

A Free Soul

Clarence Brown 1931 1h 33m

An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.

Anna Christie

Anna Christie

Clarence Brown 1930 1h 29m 6.0

Old sailor Chris Christofferson eagerly awaits the arrival of his grown daughter Anna, whom he sent at five years old to live with relatives in Minnesota. He has not seen her since, but believes her to be a decent and respectably employed young woman.

The Trail of '98

The Trail of '98

Clarence Brown 1928 1h 27m

Fortune hunters from all over the country rushing to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes in the gold are tested by hardships of the journey.

A Woman of Affairs

A Woman of Affairs

Clarence Brown 1928 1h 31m

Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and Neville have long been smitten with each other, but her father disapproves of the relationship, resulting in her eventual marriage to David. It's not long after their wedding, however, that tragedy strikes, sending Diana on a downward spiral.

Flesh and the Devil

Flesh and the Devil

Clarence Brown 1926 1h 52m 7.0

Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other fiercely loves.

The Goose Woman

The Goose Woman

Clarence Brown 1925 1h 20m

A famous opera singer lost her voice when her son was born, and has drowned her sorrows in drink. When a murder is committed near her house, she invents a story in order to get herself back in front of the public again. However, the story she comes up with results in her son being arrested for the murder.

The Eagle

The Eagle

Clarence Brown 1925 1h 13m

Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II. He spurns her advances and flees, and she puts out a warrant for his arrest, dead or alive. Vladimir learns that his father's lands have been taken by the evil Kyrilla Troekouroff, and his father dies.

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