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Clarence Leon Brown, Clarence L. Brown, Кларенс Браун
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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1890-05-10
- event Death Date 1987-08-17
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 3.8
- info Birth Place Clinton, Massachusetts, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Clarence Brown
5.2
The Signal Tower
1924-07-19
7
Navy Blues
1929-12-20
10
Fats Domino Live from Austin Texas
1986-10-22
7
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938-07-07
7.3
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925-12-25
6.1
Dead Heat
1988-05-06
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985-09-27
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7.7
Conquest
1937-10-22
7.7
Inspiration
1931-01-31
7.7
Never Let Me Go
1953-03-18
7.7
Come Live with Me
1941-01-31
7.7
A Woman of Affairs
1928-12-15
7.7
Anna Christie
1930-02-21
7.7
Idiot's Delight
1939-01-27
7.7
Sadie McKee
1934-05-09
7.7
Edison, the Man
1940-05-10
7.7
Angels in the Outfield
1951-10-19
7.7
Flesh and the Devil
1926-12-25
7.7
Wife vs. Secretary
1936-02-28
7.7
National Velvet
1945-01-26
7.7
The Human Comedy
1943-03-02
7.7
The Human Comedy
1943-03-02
7.7
The Yearling
1946-12-18
7.7
Chained
1934-08-31
7.7
Anna Karenina
1935-08-30
7.7
Possessed
1931-11-21
7.7
Intruder in the Dust
1949-11-22
7.7
A Free Soul
1931-06-02
7.7
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944-05-11
7.7
Plymouth Adventure
1952-11-28
7.7
It's a Big Country
1951-11-20
7.7
Night Flight
1933-10-06
7.7
Romance
1930-08-20
7.7
They Met in Bombay
1941-06-27
7.7
Emma
1932-01-02
7.7
Smouldering Fires
1925-01-18
7.7
Ah, Wilderness!
1935-12-25
7.7
Ah, Wilderness!
1935-12-25
7.7
The Eagle
1925-11-08
7.7
Of Human Hearts
1938-02-11
7.7
The Rains Came
1939-09-15
7.7
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936-08-28
7.7
The Goose Woman
1925-08-02
7.7
Song of Love
1947-10-09
7.7
The Trail of '98
1928-03-20
7.7
The Light in the Dark
1922-09-03
7.7
The Light in the Dark
1922-09-03
7.7
Letty Lynton
1932-04-30
7.7
Don't Marry for Money
1923-08-19
7.7
When in Rome
1952-05-11
7.7
To Please a Lady
1950-10-13
7.7
Kiki
1926-04-04
7.7
Wonder of Women
1929-07-13
7.7
The Son-Daughter
1932-12-23
7.7
The Signal Tower
1924-07-19
7.7
Navy Blues
1929-12-20
7.7
Navy Blues
1929-12-20
7.7
Inspiration
1931-01-31
7.7
Possessed
1931-11-21
7.7
Looking Forward
1933-04-28
7.7
Looking Forward
1933-04-28
7.7
Chained
1934-08-31
7.7
The Blue Bird
1918-03-31
7.7
The Foolish Matrons
1921-06-19
7.7
The Great Redeemer
1920-10-24
7.7
The Hand of Peril
1916-03-27
7.7
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936-08-28
7.7
Wife vs. Secretary
1936-02-28
7.7
Kiki
1926-04-04
7.7
Angels in the Outfield
1951-10-19
7.7
The Pride of the Clan
1917-01-07
7.7
The Pride of the Clan
1917-01-07
7.7
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944-05-11
7.7
National Velvet
1945-01-26
7.7
Butterfly
1924-10-11
7.7
To Please a Lady
1950-10-13
7.7
The Secret Garden
1949-04-30
7.7
Intruder in the Dust
1949-11-22
7.7
The Acquittal
1923-11-19
7.7
The Closed Road
1916-04-24
7.7
The Closed Road
1916-04-24
7.7
The Rail Rider
1916-08-21
7.7
The Last of the Mohicans
1920-11-21
7.7
The Rail Rider
1916-08-21
7.7
Romance
1930-08-20
7.7
The Cub
1915-07-15
7.7
Night Flight
1933-10-06
7.7
A Girl's Folly
1917-02-26
7.7
Song of Love
1947-10-09
7.7
The Trail of '98
1928-03-20