Rowland Brown
Chauncey Rowland Brown (born November 6, 1897 in Akron , Ohio , † May 6, 1963 in Costa Mesa , California ) was an American screenwriter and film director .
biography
Brown began as a screenwriter in the late 1920s and created the templates for twenty films. At the Academy Awards in 1931 he was nominated for the Oscar for the best original story for the first time, namely for The Doorway to Hell (1930). He received a second nomination in this category in 1939 for Chicago Angels with Dirty Faces (1938).
Other films based on his originals were Quick Millions (1931), What Price Hollywood? (1932) and The Fourth Man (1952). Brown wrote templates for film directors such as Archie Mayo , Michael Curtiz , George Cukor and Phil Karlson .
In Quick Millions he also directed. He also directed Hell's Highway (1932), Blood Money (1933) and The Devil Is a Sissy (1936).
Web links
- Rowland Brown in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brown, Rowland |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brown, Chauncey Rowland (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Akron , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1963 |
| Place of death | Costa Mesa , California |