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Rowland Brown

Rowland Brown

Known For Directing
Birthday Nov 06, 1900
Died May 06, 1963 (62)
Birthplace Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 20, 2024
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Biography

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.

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The Nevadan

The Nevadan

1950

Additional Dialogue

Nocturne

Nocturne

1946

Story

Johnny Apollo

Johnny Apollo

1940

Screenplay

Boy of the Streets

Boy of the Streets

1938

Story

Blood Money

Blood Money

1933

Writer

What Price Hollywood?

What Price Hollywood?

1932

Writer

Hell's Highway

Hell's Highway

1932

Writer

State's Attorney

State's Attorney

1932

Screenplay, Dialogue

Skyline

Skyline

1931

Writer

Quick Millions

Quick Millions

1931

Screenplay

The Doorway to Hell

The Doorway to Hell

1930

Story

Fugitives

Fugitives

1929

Writer

Points West

Points West

1929

Scenario Writer

The Devil Is a Sissy

The Devil Is a Sissy

1936

Director

Blood Money

Blood Money

1933

Director

Hell's Highway

Hell's Highway

1932

Director

Quick Millions

Quick Millions

1931

Director

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