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Jul 14, 2020 · Clarence Brown had been raised and educated in Tennessee. A proud graduate of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (where a theater today still bears his name), he had studied engineering and run a car dealership in Alabama before his fascination with machinery shifted from automobiles to movie cameras, prompting his migration northward and then westward.
Dec 19, 2019 · When movie sound arrived and it came time to introduce the husky Garbo voice to the world, Brown was behind the camera for 1930’s Anna Christie (“Gimme a whiskey, ginger ale on the side. And don’t be stingy, baby!”). Brown may have been too successful with the Swede, because if he is remembered at all, it’s as “Garbo’s Favorite ...
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. In the 1970s, Brown became a much-sought guest lecturer on the film-festival circuit, thanks in part to his connection with Garbo.
Sep 1, 2017 · Brown eventually retired at the age of 62. He truly left the film industry behind refusing to watch any new movies. Thanks to his involvement and donations, he helped establish the Clarence Brown Theater at his alma mater the University of Tennessee. FAMOUS FILMS
by Lexie Little July 10, 2019. The year is 1931. Clark Gable watches as a young Joan Crawford sits behind a piano and begins to play. Her arresting, sharp features defined by MGM’s Max Factor draw in the audience, seizing attention as she opens her signature hunter’s bow lips to sing. The director zooms in, exploiting the actors’ chemistry.
Clarence Brown was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director six times during the 1930s. He worked with some of the brightest stars of the golden age of Hollywood, including Clark Gable, Rudolph Valentino, Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and Jimmy Stewart, making the transition from silent films to talkies with classics like The Yearling , Intruder in the Dust , National Velvet and Ah, Wilderness!
Clarence Brown was a director who was once an ace fighter pilot in World War I. After his service, he made a successful career as a filmmaker in Hollywood. Brown's directing career began in 1920 when he was given his first co-directing credit for the film 'The Great Redeemer' alongside Tourneur.
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