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Melville W. Brown

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American film editor (1887-1938)

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Melville W. Brown was an American film director, screenwriter and occasional actor. He began his career on the local stage in Oregon, in stock companies and vaudeville, before moving to California and working in the silent film industry in 1916, at the suggestion of Charlie Chaplin.

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Filmography 33

Behind Office Doors1931
The Goose Woman1925
Smouldering Fires1925
Check and Double Check1930
Lost in the Stratosphere1934
Jazz Heaven1929
What Happened to Jones?1926
Dance Hall1929
13 Washington Square1928
Lovin' the Ladies1930
Stardust1938
Poker Faces1926
The Nut Farm1935
Redhead1934
Fast and Furious1927
She's My Weakness1930
Where Was I?1925
Forced Landing1935
The Rose of Paris1924
Red Lips1928
Her Big Night1926
The Pest1919
Taxi! Taxi!1927
Fanny Foley Herself1931
White Shoulders1931
The Love Doctor1929
Geraldine1929
Champagne for Breakfast1935
Buck Privates1928
Speed1919
Loafers and Lovers1920
The Rent Dodgers1920
Sauce and Senoritas1920

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Melville W. Brown was an American film director, screenwriter and occasional actor. He began his career on the local stage in Oregon, in stock companies and vaudeville, before moving to California and working in the silent film industry in 1916, at the suggestion of Charlie Chaplin. His career was cut short when he died of a heart attack in January 1938.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1887 to 1938 · aged 50
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