Karl Brown(1896-1990)

Writer
Cinematographer
Camera and Electrical Department

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Karl Brown was born on 26 December 1896 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and cinematographer, known for Flames (1932), Stark Love (1927) and White Legion (1936). He was married to Edna Mae Cooper. He died on 25 March 1990 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Known for

Johnny Mack Brown and Richard Tucker in Flames (1932)

5.5

Writer

1932

Forrest James and Helen Mundy in Stark Love (1927)

6.5

Writer

1927

Harry Allen, Don Barclay, Tala Birell, Sidney Bracey, Ian Keith, 'Snub' Pollard, and Warner Richmond in White Legion (1936)

5.0

Writer

1936

Marcia Mae Jones, Jackie Moran, Ralph Morgan, and Terry in Barefoot Boy (1938)

5.5

Director

1938

Credits

Writer

Les aventuriers du Far-West
7.5
TV Series
- written by
- story
- 1959–1960
The Sheriff of Cochise
7.6
TV Series
- teleplay
- 1956
The Millionaire
7.8
TV Series
- written by
- 1956
La ville sous le joug
5.6
- story
- 1953
The Chicago Kid
6.8
- story
- 1945
L'homme-singe
4.4
- original story by
- 1943
Hitler: Dead or Alive
4.8
- screenplay by
- 1942
Phantom Killer
5.5
- screenplay
- 1942
Harvard, Here I Come!
5.3
- story
- 1941
Under Fiesta Stars
6.3
- screenplay
- story
- 1941
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
6.6
- Writer
- 1941
Rookies on Parade
- screenplay
- 1941
J'accuse cette femme
6.3
- original screenplay
- 1941
Prairie Pioneers
5.6
- story
- 1941
Before I Hang
6.1
- story
- 1940

Cinematographer

Creation
6.9
Short
- Cinematographer (uncredited)
- 1931
Marisa, l'enfant volée
6.7
- Cinematographer
- 1926
The Pony Express
5.9
- Cinematographer
- 1925
Marry Me
- Cinematographer
- 1925
Jazz
6.0
- Cinematographer
- 1925
Papa sans gêne
- Cinematographer
- 1925
Le mât de cocagne
- Cinematographer
- 1925
Le jardin des plaisirs
- Cinematographer
- 1924
Boîtes de nuit
5.7
- Cinematographer
- 1924
Les gaietés du cinéma
5.1
- Cinematographer
- 1924
Sexes ennemis
- Cinematographer
- 1924
Le Capitaine Blake !
6.1
- Cinematographer
- 1924
Tu trembles, Fatty
6.1
- Cinematographer (photographed by)
- 1924
En votre honneur, mesdames !
3.5
- Cinematographer
- 1923
Ruggles of Red Gap
5.8
- Cinematographer
- 1923

Camera and Electrical Department

Toujours de l'audace
- assistant camera
- 1920
Le calvaire d'une mère
5.3
- camera operator
- 1919
Le pauvre amour
6.9
- camera operator
- 1919
Le lys brisé
7.2
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1919
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
6.3
- camera operator
- 1919
Le roman de la vallée heureuse
6.2
- camera operator
- 1919
Une fleur dans les ruines
7.1
- camera operator
- 1918
À côté du bonheur
6.7
- camera operator
- 1918
Coeurs du monde
6.5
- second camera operator (uncredited)
- 1918
Intolérance
7.7
- associate photographer
- 1916
Le mystère du poisson volant
6.7
Short
- assistant camera (uncredited)
- 1916
Naissance d'une nation
6.1
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1915
The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'
6.4
- camera operator
- 1914
The Escape
5.6
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1914
Home, Sweet Home
5.7
- assistant camera (uncredited)
- 1914

Personal details

Born
- December 26, 1896
- McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
- March 25, 1990
- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Spouse
- Edna Mae Cooper
Other works
Story: "Fire Alarm" (filmed as Flames (1932)).
Publicity listings
- 1 Print Biography
- 5 Articles

Did you know

Trivia
Had been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 1919, shortly after the organization was chartered. Served as Vice President from 1924-25.

Quotes
[describing his mentor in his 1973 memoir "Adventures with D.W. Griffith"] [Griffith] was the White Knight of "Alice in Wonderland," forever noble, forever gallant, forever dreaming, and forever falling off his horse.

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