List of the best Clarence Brown movies: Intruder in the Dust(1949), Flesh and the Devil(1926), National Velvet(1944), A Woman of Affairs(1928), Wife vs. Secretary(1936), Smouldering Fires(1925), Edison, the Man(1940), Come Live With Me(1941), The Human Comedy(1943), The Goose Woman(1925), Of Human Hearts(1938), The Rains Came(1939) ... ...
Drama
USA
1949
89 Minutes
Director
David Brian Claude Jarman Jr. Juano Hernandez Porter Hall Elizabeth Patterson Charles Kemper Will Geer David Clarke Elzie Emanuel Lela Bliss Harry Hayden
wrongly accused teenager police officer lawyer powerful gripping small town mississippi racism mistaken identity murder pursuit mystery growing up 1940s
In 1940s Mississippi, two teenage boys and an elderly woman combine forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice and clear a black man of a murder charge.
Romance, Drama
USA
1926
113 Minutes
Director
Greta Garbo John Gilbert Lars Hanson Barbara Kent William Orlamond George Fawcett Eugenie Besserer Marc McDermott Marcelle Corday Rolfe Sedan
soldier countess count friend uncle pastor melodramatic germany ballroom train station adultery friendship loyalty military violence love triangle forbidden love rivalry transformation 1920s
Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other once fiercely loved.
Drama
USA
1944
125 Minutes
Director
Mickey Rooney Elizabeth Taylor Donald Crisp Anne Revere Angela Lansbury Reginald Owen Norma Varden Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Terry Kilburn
equestrian jockey daughter father mother trainer inspiring heartwarming england countryside racetrack family home aspirations horse racing family friendship competition discovery growing up transformation
A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes.
Drama
USA
1928
96 Minutes
Director
Greta Garbo John Gilbert Lewis Stone Johnny Mack Brown Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Hobart Bosworth Dorothy Sebastian
beautiful woman aristocrat friend father fiancée melodramatic emotional england paris household love triangle romance social standing aristocracy marriage depression forbidden love fall 1920s
When two childhood sweethearts are kept from marrying, misery ensues.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1936
88 Minutes
Director
Clark Gable Jean Harlow Myrna Loy May Robson George Barbier James Stewart Hobart Cavanaugh Tom Dugan Gilbert Emery Marjorie Gateson Gloria Holden
publisher wife secretary mother fiancé lighthearted charming new york city office family home hotel havana jealousy misunderstanding secret plans love triangle love temptation 1930s
The wife of a publishing executive mistakenly believes that her husband's relationship with his attractive secretary is more than professional.
Drama
USA
1925
80 Minutes
Director
Pauline Frederick Laura La Plante Malcolm McGregor Tully Marshall Wanda Hawley Helen Lynch George Cooper
manager secretary sister friend committee member newlywed engaging moving office factory apartment park ambition marriage of convenience rumors sister relationship self-sacrifice may-december romance quest sacrifice
A successful businesswoman falls in love with one of her (much younger) factory workers. She doesn't know that he is in love with her younger sister.
Biography
USA
1940
107 Minutes
Director
Spencer Tracy Rita Johnson Lynne Overman Charles Coburn Gene Lockhart Henry Travers Felix Bressart
inventor businessperson friend wife creative fiery rousing new york city new jersey laboratory inventions money experiments discovery growing up quest 1930s
82 year old inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Alva Edison is honored in 1929 and he reflects back on his sixty year career of scientific achievement.
Comedy
USA
1941
86 Minutes
Director
James Stewart Hedy Lamarr Ian Hunter Verree Teasdale Donald Meek Barton MacLane Edward Ashley Ann Codee King Baggot Adeline de Walt Reynolds Si Jenks
showgirl refugee government official publisher writer grandmother airy witty hedonistic new york city apartment office house love triangle marriage publishing divorce immigration deception rivalry
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1943
118 Minutes
Director
Mickey Rooney Frank Morgan James Craig Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Marsha Hunt Fay Bainter Darryl Hickman Donna Reed Van Johnson
young boy young girl boss man woman brother heartwarming emotional amusing small town house high school track office europe world war ii home front young love family communication
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
Drama
USA
1925
80 Minutes
Director
Louise Dresser Jack Pickford Constance Bennett George Cooper
A famous opera singer lost her voice when her son was born, and has drowned her sorrows in drink. When a murder is committed near her house, she invents a story in order to get herself back... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1938
100 Minutes
Director
Walter Huston James Stewart Beulah Bondi Gene Reynolds Guy Kibbee Charles Coburn John Carradine Ann Rutherford Leatrice Joy Gilbert
preacher surgeon mother professor brash disheartening emotional small town school battlefield church maryland virginia american civil war father/son relationship medicine family neglect mother/son relationship rise
Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm.
Drama
USA
1939
104 Minutes
Director
Myrna Loy Tyrone Power George Brent Brenda Joyce Nigel Bruce Maria Ouspenskaya Joseph Schildkraut Mary Nash Jane Darwell Marjorie Rambeau Henry Travers
doctor woman artist lord daughter wife emotional sad india palace hospital love triangle natural disasters hedonism plagues affair helping others love rise transformation
In India, a married British aristocrat is reunited with an old flame, but she truly has her sights set on a handsome surgeon.
Drama, History
USA
1947
119 Minutes
Director
Katharine Hepburn Paul Henreid Robert Walker Henry Daniell Leo G. Carroll Gigi Perreau Tala Birell Henry Stephenson Elsa Janssen Ann Carter Janine Perreau
composer pianist wife child love interest melodramatic somber moving germany asylum house clara wieck robert schumann johannes brahms music love debt love sacrifice temptation
Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifelong friend, composer Johannes Brahms.
Drama
USA
1934
95 Minutes
Director
Joan Crawford Gene Raymond Franchot Tone Esther Ralston Edward Arnold Earl Oxford Jean Dixon Leo G. Carroll Akim Tamiroff Zelda Sears Helen Ware
A working girl's fortunes improve when she marries into money, but happiness is not so easily won.
Drama
USA
1931
91 Minutes
Director
Norma Shearer Lionel Barrymore Clark Gable Leslie Howard James Gleason
lawyer mobster daughter fiancé judge emotional melodramatic courtroom family home trial love triangle murder pursuit sacrifice 1930s
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
Adventure
USA
1920
90 Minutes
Wallace Beery Clarence Brown Barbara Bedford Albert Roscoe Lillian Hall Henry Woodward James Gordon George Hackathorne Nelson McDowell Harry Lorraine Theodore Lorch
sister captain colonel native american traitor wise man thrilling emotional powerful fort wilderness cave indian village new york state adirondack mountains native americans cross-cultural romance prejudice massacre french and indian war
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1930
89 Minutes
Director
Greta Garbo Charles Bickford Marie Dressler Lee Phelps George F. Marion James T. Mack
daughter love interest father sailor tender somber new york city minnesota coney island family feud prostitution romance boats quest transformation 1920s
A young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past.
Adventure
USA
1941
93 Minutes
Director
Clark Gable Rosalind Russell Peter Lorre Jessie Ralph Reginald Owen Edward Ciannelli
thief duchess con artist captain police detective aristocrat charming witty madcap india hotel ship bedroom jewelry theft assumed identity deception unlikely allies con game crime pursuit
A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable gem as the Japanese army invades China.
Drama
USA
1924
70 Minutes
Director
Virginia Valli Rockliffe Fellowes Frankie Darro Wallace Beery James O. Barrows J. Farrell MacDonald Dot Farley Clarence Brown
A railroad worker accepts a colleague's offer to stay in his home, but when his friend is called out one night to stop a runaway train, he makes a play for the man's wife.
Drama
USA
1931
74 Minutes
Director
Greta Garbo Robert Montgomery Lewis Stone Marjorie Rambeau Beryl Mercer Oscar Apfel
Yvonne is a beautiful model who loves frequenting the Parisian bohemian life, because she loves hobnobbing with artists.
Drama
USA
1950
91 Minutes
Director
Clark Gable Barbara Stanwyck Adolphe Menjou Roland Winters Will Geer Emory Parnell Frank Jenks
race car driver opponent reporter mechanic veteran melodramatic thrilling heartwarming racetrack newsroom racing accidental death scandal journalism comeback stunt driving rivalry love transformation 1950s
A former war hero and midget car racer meets his match in a feisty reporter who blames his reckless tactics for an accidental racing death.
Romance
USA
1934
76 Minutes
Director
Joan Crawford Clark Gable Otto Kruger Stuart Erwin Una O'Connor Akim Tamiroff Marjorie Gateson
wealthy man secretary rancher wife friend melodramatic charming new york city south america argentina boat apartment country house marrying for money divorce wealth love triangle travel commitment love
A mistress of one man has a shipboard romance with another and is torn between both men.
Drama
USA
1933
84 Minutes
Director
John Barrymore Helen Hayes Clark Gable Lionel Barrymore Robert Montgomery C. Henry Gordon Harry Beresford Irving Pichel
Polio breaks out in Rio de Janeiro, the serum is in Santiago and there's only one way to get the medicine where it's desperately needed: flown in by daring pilots who risk the treacherous weather and forbidding peaks of the Andes.
Drama, History
USA
1936
102 Minutes
Director
Joan Crawford Robert Taylor Lionel Barrymore Franchot Tone Melvyn Douglas James Stewart Alison Skipworth Louis Calhern Beulah Bondi Melville Cooper Sidney Toler
president best friend senator sailor adviser gutsy spirited washington, d.c. inn peggy eaton andrew jackson loyalty politics scandal rivalry sacrifice love 1830s
President Andrew Jackson's friendship with an innkeeper's daughter spells trouble for them both.
Comedy
USA
1930
75 Minutes
Director
William Haines Anita Page Karl Dane J.C. Nugent Edythe Chapman Wade Boteler Gertrude Sutton
sailor dance hall girl mother father melodramatic lighthearted endearing ship docks dance hall family home hotel military leave young love parental pressure parent/child relationship running away reunion forbidden love transformation
On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home with her to meet her parents, but they don't approve of him at all. Their daughter takes ... See full summary »
Drama, History
1929
87 Minutes
Director
Dolores del Río Ralph Forbes Harry Carey Karl Dane Tully Marshall George Cooper Russell Simpson Emily Fitzroy Tenen Holtz Cesare Gravina E. Alyn Warren
pretty woman suitor prospector brother farmer brutal gutsy spirited wilderness alaska san francisco expedition aspirations gold rush survival romance adventure quest discovery love
Pioneers (Dolores del Río, Ralph Forbes) face tragedy as they struggle to reach the Yukon gold rush in 1898.
Kids & Family, Drama
1946
128 Minutes
Director
Gregory Peck Jane Wyman Claude Jarman Jr. Chill Wills Margaret Wycherly Henry Travers Jeff York Forrest Tucker June Lockhart
son father mother fawn emotional endearing sad florida farm household family friendship childhood grief animals growing up love discovery 1870s
A pet deer changes a boy (Claude Jarman Jr.) and his parents (Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman), pioneering farmers in Florida after the Civil War.
Drama, History
1937
112 Minutes
Director
Greta Garbo Charles Boyer Reginald Owen Alan Marshall Henry Stephenson Leif Erickson Dame May Whitty C. Henry Gordon Maria Ouspenskaya Claude Gillingwater
napoleon bonaparte countess marie walewska count politician son patriotic melodramatic poland isle of elba france historical events affair imprisonment divorce love sacrifice wretched excess forbidden love 1800s
Married Countess Marie Walewska (Greta Garbo) becomes Napoleon's (Charles Boyer) mistress, followed by the battle of Waterloo.
Comedy
1926
108 Minutes
Director
Norma Talmadge Ronald Colman William Orlamond Erwin Connelly Frankie Darro Mack Swain Gertrude Astor Marc McDermott George K. Arthur
A Parisian gamine wants to become a chorus girl to win the heart of the Follies manager even if she has to do unladylike stunts.
Drama
1944
126 Minutes
Director
Irene Dunne Alan Marshal Frank Morgan Roddy McDowall Peter Lawford Dame May Whitty C. Aubrey Smith Gladys Cooper Van Johnson John Warburton Jill Esmond
pretty woman father british soldier son colonel girlfriend melodramatic moving london hotel hospital romance world war i world war ii mother/son relationship loss love growing up sacrifice 1940s
A woman (Irene Dunne) from Oklahoma marries an English aristocrat (Alan Marshal) and raises a son between World War I and World War II.
Drama
USA
1924
70 Minutes
Director
Virginia Valli Rockliffe Fellowes Frankie Darro Wallace Beery James O. Barrows J. Farrell MacDonald Dot Farley Clarence Brown
A railroad worker accepts a colleague's offer to stay in his home, but when his friend is called out one night to stop a runaway train, he makes a play for the man's wife.