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Rowland Brown

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Rowland Brown

Born November 6, 1900 · Canton, Ohio, U.S.

Died May 6, 1963 · aged 62

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 credit…

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Angels with Dirty FacesAngels with Dirty Faces · 1938
Angels with Dirty Faces
★ 7.51938
MovieCrimeDrama
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
Kansas City ConfidentialKansas City Confidential · 1952
Kansas City Confidential
★ 7.01952
MovieCrime
An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.
Johnny ApolloJohnny Apollo · 1940
Johnny Apollo
★ 6.81940
MovieDramaCrime
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.
Points WestPoints West · 1929
Points West
★ 7.01929
MovieWestern
Cole Lawson Jr. goes undercover as a bandit to infiltrate the gang responsible for his father's death.
The Devil Is a SissyThe Devil Is a Sissy · 1936
The Devil Is a Sissy
★ 7.01936
MovieComedyDrama
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.
NocturneNocturne · 1946
Nocturne
★ 5.91946
MovieCrimeDrama
In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.
The Doorway to HellThe Doorway to Hell · 1930
The Doorway to Hell
★ 6.51930
MovieCrimeDrama
A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and retire to Florida after marrying his moll. Unfortunately, he has no idea that she and the man are lovers.
What Price Hollywood?What Price Hollywood? · 1932
What Price Hollywood?
★ 6.81932
MovieDrama
Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.

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