Rowland Brown (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Rowland Brown

Looking for reviews of films directed by Rowland Brown? Cinafilm has a total of 9 reviews across 2 movies directed by Rowland Brown.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 65%.

Blood Money is Rowland Brown's highest rated movie, with a score of 74% based on 1 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Rowland Brown is Hell's Highway, with a score of 57% based on 8 reviews.

Director Biography

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.

Rowland Brown has directed films starring Lucille Ball, Clarence Muse, Bess Flowers and Charles Middleton.