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Clarence Brown (1890-1987) was an Oscar®-nominated American director. During his career, Brown received 6 Best Director Oscar® nominations. Brown’s IMDb page shows 52 directing credits from 1920 to 1952. This page will rank Clarence Brown movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Some of his silent movies were not included in the rankings.
Clarence Brown Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Clarence Brown Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Clarence Brown movie received.
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Possibly Interesting Facts About Clarence Brown
1. Clarence Leon Brown was born in Clinton, Massachusetts in 1890.
2. Clarence Brown was a fighter pilot in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War I.
3. Clarence Brown directed Joan Crawford six times and Greta Garbo seven.
4. Clarence Brown’s films gained a total of 38 Academy Award® nominations and earned nine Oscars®.
5. At six, Clarence Brown holds the record for the most Academy Award® nominations for Best Director without a win. He was nominated for Anna Christie (1930), Romance (1930), A Free Soul (1931), The Human Comedy (1943), National Velvet (1944) and The Yearling (1946).
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I have seen 30 Clarence Brown movies, including 19 of the top 20.
The HIGHEST ranked film I have seen is The Yearling.
The highest ranked film I have NOT seen is Emma.
The LOWEST ranked film I have seen is It’s a Big Country.
Favourite Clarence Brown Movies:
The Human Comedy
National Velvet
The Rains Came
The White Cliffs of Dover
They Met in Bombay
Song of Love
Wife vs. Secretary
A Free Soul
Anna Christie
Flesh and the Devil
Anna Karenina
Idiot’s Delight
Romance
Angels in the Outfield
Night Flight
Other Clarence Brown Movies I Have Seen:
The Yearling
Chained
The Gorgeous Hussy
A Woman of Affairs
Sadie McGee
Come Live With Me
Edison, The Man
Conquest
Ah! Wilderness
To Please a Lady
Of Human Hearts
Looking Forward
Intruder in the Dust
When in Rome
It’s a Big Country
Hey Flora….thanks for sharing your thoughts on Clarence Brown movies. Tally count…..7 for me and you have me beat 4 times plus with 30 movies. All 7 of my Brown movies seen are in your favorites list. I did not like Idiot’s Delight at all. I have seen known of the “other” Brown movies you have seen. Good stuff as always.
Great UMR Page
Thank you Mike.