Rowland Brown
Born: 1900-11-06 in Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Died: 1963-05-06
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
1952
- Kansas City Confidential ... (Story)
1950
- The Nevadan ... (Additional Dialogue)
1946
- Nocturne ... (Story)
1940
- Johnny Apollo ... (Screenplay)
1938
- Angels with Dirty Faces ... (Story)
- Boy of the Streets ... (Story)
1936
- The Devil Is a Sissy ... (Story)
1935
- Widow's Might ... (Writer)
1933
- Blood Money ... (Writer)
1932
- Hell's Highway ... (Director)
- What Price Hollywood? ... (Writer)
- State's Attorney ... (Screenplay)
1931
- Quick Millions ... (Director)
- Skyline ... (Writer)
1930
- The Doorway to Hell ... (Story)
1929
- Points West ... (Scenario Writer)
- Fugitives ... (Writer)