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Clarence Brown
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American film director (1890–1987)
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Clarence Leon Brown (1890–1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and editor. Born in Clinton, Massachusetts, he worked in the United States starting in 1920. He was married to Mona Maris and Alice Joyce and had one child. Brown died in Santa Monica from kidney failure and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
His professional recognition includes a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Golden Lion. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. While some data sources associate the name with genres such as blues, disco, and funk, his primary credited department is directing. He is distinct from Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Cooking the Weight Away
- Nutritioning the Weight Away
- Forgiving the Weight Away
- Journey to Armenia
- Selected Poems
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Film & TV
Directing · 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 Redeemer (1920). Later that year, he directed a major portion of The Last of the Mohicans after Tourneur was injured in a…
Known for
- Dead Heat — Harry Latham1988
- Fats Domino Live from Austin Texas — Batterie1986
- The Twilight Zone — (segment "Need to Know")1985
- Hollywood Goes to Town — Self1938
- Possessed — Man on Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)1931
- Navy Blues — Roller Coaster Rider1929
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ — Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)1925
- The Signal Tower — Switch Man1924
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1933-05-03
- Active to
- 2006-12-25
Discography
- James Browns Presents His Band & Five Other Great Artists1961
- Prisoner of Love1963
- Grits & Soul1964
- Showtime1964
- Sings Out of Sight1965
- James Brown Plays James Brown: Yesterday and Today1965
- Handful of Soul1966
- James Brown Plays New Breed1966
- James Brown Sings Raw Soul1967
- James Brown Plays the Real Thing1967
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,004
- Total plays
- 8,685
Tags
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (April 18, 1924 — September 10, 2005) was an American musician from Louisiana and Texas. He is best known for his work as a blues musician, but embraced other styles of music, having "spent his career fighting purism by synthesizing old blues, country, jazz, Cajun music and R&B styles" He was an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, who played an array of musical instruments such as guitar, fiddle, mandolin, viola as well as harmonica and drums. <a href="https://www.last.f
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses
· 2007 · cited 31,401x
- Clustal W and Clustal X version 2.0
· 2007 · cited 24,982x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,871x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,614x
- Model-based Analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS)
· 2008 · cited 17,867x
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Key facts
- Born
- Clarence Leon Brown , ( 1890-05-10 ) May 10, 1890, Clinton, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Died
- August 17, 1987 (1987-08-17) (aged 97), Santa Monica, California , U.S.
- Education
- Knoxville High School , University of Tennessee
- Years active
- 1915–1953
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Brown
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Clinton
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Spouse
- Alice Joyce
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Clarence Brown 1921.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Work location
- United States
Show 11 more facts
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- date of birth
- 1890-05-10
- date of death
- 1987-08-17
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Director
- Commons category
- Clarence Brown
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- name in native language
- Clarence Leon Brown
- start of work period
- 1920-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Clarence Brown
- different from
- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Clarence Leon Brown (May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987) was an American film director.
Early life
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