Clarence Brown

About

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...

Known for

The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1985Angels in the OutfieldMovie • 1951Dead HeatMovie • 1988Anna KareninaMovie • 1935PossessedMovie • 1931The Secret GardenMovie • 1949The YearlingMovie • 1946The Rains CameMovie • 1939Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristMovie • 1925Wife vs. SecretaryMovie • 1936National VelvetMovie • 1945Flesh and the DevilMovie • 1926Edison, the ManMovie • 1940Anna ChristieMovie • 1930Of Human HeartsMovie • 1938The EagleMovie • 1925Plymouth AdventureMovie • 1952The White Cliffs of DoverMovie • 1944Intruder in the DustMovie • 1949Come Live with MeMovie • 1941Sadie McKeeMovie • 1934ConquestMovie • 1937The Last of the MohicansMovie • 1920Night FlightMovie • 1933