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Rowland Brown
Canton, Ohio, U.S.
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 th…
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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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1952
Kansas City Confidential
Movie Story
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1950
The Nevadan
Movie Additional Dialogue
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1946
Nocturne
Movie Story
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1940
Johnny Apollo
Movie Screenplay
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1938
Angels with Dirty Faces
Movie Story
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1938
Boy of the Streets
Movie Story
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1936
The Devil Is a Sissy
Movie Story
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1935
Widow's Might
Movie Writer
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1933
Blood Money
Movie Director
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1932
Hell's Highway
Movie Director
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1932
What Price Hollywood?
Movie Writer
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1932
State's Attorney
Movie Screenplay
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1931
Skyline
Movie Writer
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1931
Quick Millions
Movie Screenplay
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1930
The Doorway to Hell
Movie Story
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1929
Points West
Movie Scenario Writer
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1929
Fugitives
Movie Writer
