Clarence Brown

1890

Clarence Leon Brown (May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987) was an American film director. ==Early life== Born in Clinton, Massachusetts, to Larkin Harry Brown, a cotton manufacturer, and Katherine Ann Brown (née Gaw), Brown moved to Tennessee when he was 11 years old.

1913

He later abandoned the car dealership after developing an interest in motion pictures around 1913.

His first marriage was to Paula Herndon Pratt in 1913, which lasted until their divorce in 1920.

1920

His first marriage was to Paula Herndon Pratt in 1913, which lasted until their divorce in 1920.

1924

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.

1935

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.

1949

Brown himself received six Academy Award nominations 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.

1957

Brown himself received six Academy Award nominations 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.

1987

Clarence Leon Brown (May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987) was an American film director. ==Early life== Born in Clinton, Massachusetts, to Larkin Harry Brown, a cotton manufacturer, and Katherine Ann Brown (née Gaw), Brown moved to Tennessee when he was 11 years old.

2018

Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2018 Neely, Jack.




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