Stephen Ashe, an upper class alcoholic defense attourney, successfully defends local mobster Ace Wilfong in a murder case. Read More »
Tag Archives: Clarence Brown
Flesh and the Devil (1926) Clarence Brown, John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson
Leo and Ulrich are life long friends. Home, on leave from their military training, Leo sees the beautiful Felicitas at the railroad station. Read More »
Wife vs. Secretary (1936) Clarence Brown, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy
Magazine publisher Van Stanhope is a hard-working, dynamic executive very happily married to his beautiful wife Linda. Read More »
When in Rome (1952) Clarence Brown, Van Johnson, Paul Douglas, Joseph Calleia
An American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest. Read More »
Smouldering Fires (1925) Clarence Brown, Pauline Frederick, Laura La Plante, Malcolm McGregor
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. Read More »
The Trail of 98 (1928) Clarence Brown, Dolores del Rio, Ralph Forbes, Karl Dane
The Klondike gold strike of 1897 inspires fortune-seekers to head for Alaska. Read More »
Anna Karenina (1935) Clarence Brown, Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Freddie Bartholomew
This version of the Tolstoy classic lingers longer in Moscow during the weeks that follow the initial meeting of the starstruck lovers-to-be Vronsky and Anna Karenina. Read More »
Kiki (1926) Clarence Brown, Norma Talmadge, Ronald Colman, Gertrude Astor
Kiki, a poor young woman who sells newspapers on the street corners of Paris, is able to land a job singing and dancing at a nearby theater. Read More »
Sadie McKee (1934) Clarence Brown, Joan Crawford, Gene Raymond, Franchot Tone
The life of Sadie McKee takes many twists and turns. She starts as the daughter of the cook for the well off Alderson family. Read More »
Ah Wilderness! (1935) Clarence Brown, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Aline MacMahon, Comedy, Drama
Young idealist Richard Miller is selected as valedictorian for his New England high school commencement class of 1906 and intends to inject modern anti-capitalistic ideas into his speech. Read More »
To Please a Lady (1950) Clarence Brown, Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Action, Romance, Sport
Mike Brannon is a former war hero turned midget car racer. His ruthless racing tactics have made him successful but the fans consider him a villain and boo him mercilessly. Read More »
Conquest (1937) Clarence Brown, Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen, Drama, History, Romance
After a brief informal meeting two months earlier when they were impressed with each other, Countess Marie Walewska formally meets Napoleon Bonaparte at a ball in Warsaw. Read More »
Romance (1930) Clarence Brown, Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone, Gavin Gordon, Drama, Romance
Young Harry is in love and wants to marry an actress, much to the displeasure of his family. Read More »
Angels in the Outfield (1951) Clarence Brown, Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
A young woman reporter blames the Pittsburgh Pirates’ losing streak on the obscenely abusive manager. Read More »
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) Clarence Brown, Irene Dunne, Alan Marshal, Roddy McDowall, Drama, Romance, War
London based American nurse, Susan, Lady Ashwood, is at the hospital awaiting the imminent arrival of injured soldiers. Read More »