Rowland Brown

Writer

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.

Born: November 6, 1900 in Canton, Ohio, U.S.

Died: May 6, 1963 (Age 62)

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Angels with Dirty Faces Movie	8	Writing	Story	1938
Blood Money Movie	6.5	Directing	Director, Writer	1933
Boy of the Streets Movie	5.5	Writing	Story	1938
Hell's Highway Movie	6.6	Directing	Director, Writer	1932
Johnny Apollo Movie	6.7	Writing	Screenplay	1940
Kansas City Confidential Movie Available on 13 streaming services.	7.2	Writing	Story	1952
Nocturne Movie	6.3	Writing	Story	1946
Quick Millions Movie	6.1	Directing	Screenplay, Director	1931
State's Attorney Movie	6.4	Writing	Screenplay, Dialogue	1932
The Devil Is a Sissy Movie	6.5	Directing	Story, Director	1936
The Doorway to Hell Movie	6.3	Writing	Story	1930
The Nevadan Movie	6.1	Crew	Additional Dialogue	1950
What Price Hollywood? Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.8	Writing	Writer	1932
Skyline Movie	7.1	Writing	Writer	1931
Fugitives Movie		Writing	Writer	1929
Points West Movie		Writing	Scenario Writer	1929
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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