Rowland Brown
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.
Crew
Movie
Angels with Dirty Faces
Story
1938
Movie
Kansas City Confidential
Story
1952
Movie
What Price Hollywood?
Writer
1932
Movie
Nocturne
Story
1946
Movie
The Doorway to Hell
Story
1930
Movie
The Nevadan
Additional Dialogue
1950
Movie
Johnny Apollo
Screenplay
1940
Movie
Hell's Highway
Director
1932
Movie
The Devil Is a Sissy
Story
1936
Movie
Quick Millions
Screenplay
1931
Movie
Blood Money
Director
1933
Movie
State's Attorney
Screenplay
1932