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Rowland Brown

Writer, Director, Additional Credits
Born November 6, 1900Died May 6, 1963 (62 years)
Rowland Brown (November 6, 1900 – May 6, 1963), born Chauncey Rowland Brown in Canton, Ohio, was an American screenwriter and film director, whose career as a director ended in the early 1930s after he started many more films than he finished. He walked out of State's Attorney (1932), starring John Barrymore. He was abruptly replaced as director of The Scarlet Pimpernel. As a writer, he was credited with twenty or so films including two Academy Award nominations, one in the 11th Academy Awards for Best Original Story Angels with Dirty Faces and another in the 4th Academy Awards for Doorway to Hell.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Kansas City Confidential
  • Hell's Highway

Known For

  • Angels with Dirty Faces
  • Kansas City Confidential
  • Nocturne
  • The Doorway to Hell
  • Hell's Highway
  • Navy Blue and Gold
  • What Price Hollywood?
  • The Nevadan
  • Johnny Apollo
  • The Devil Is a Sissy
  • State's Attorney
  • Boy of the Streets

Rowland Brown Filmography

1955
Damon Runyon Theater (TV Series) · as Original Story
1954
Climax! (TV Series) · as Story
1952
1950
The Nevadan · as Additional Dialogue
1946
Nocturne · as Story
1939
1938
1937
Boy of the Streets · as Story
1936
1932
State's Attorney · as Dialogue
1930

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