Editing Clarence Brown (section)

==Career==
[[File:Clarence Brown 1921.jpg|thumb|left|Clarence Brown in 1921]]
After serving as a [[fighter pilot]] and [[flight instructor]] in the [[United States Army Air Service]] during [[World War I]],<ref name="dga">[https://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/1902-Spring-2019/Books-Clarence-Brown.aspx Hollywood's Forgotten Master Gets His Due] [[Directors Guild of America]]. Retrieved December 1, 2021.</ref><ref name="latimesobit">[https://web.archive.org/web/20200919200915/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-19-mn-808-story.html Clarence Brown, Director of Garbo, Gable, Dies at 97] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' via [[Internet Archive]]. Retrieved December 1, 2021.</ref><ref name="utknoxville">[https://our.tennessee.edu/100-distinguished-alumni/clarence-brown/ Clarence Brown, FILMMAKER, UT Knoxville, 1910] [[University of Tennessee]]. Retrieved December 1, 2021.</ref><ref name="britannicapage">[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clarence-Brown Clarence Brown, American filmmaker] [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]. Retrieved December 1, 2021.</ref><ref name="enthusiast">[http://www.storyenthusiast.com/classic-director-spotlight/ Classic Director Spotlight -Clarence Brown] www.storyenthusiast.com. Retrieved December 1, 2021.</ref> Brown was given his first co-directing credit (with Tourneur) for ''[[The Great Redeemer]]'' (1920). Later that year, he directed a major portion of ''[[The Last of the Mohicans (1920 American film)|The Last of the Mohicans]]'' after Tourneur was injured in a fall.

Brown moved to [[Universal Pictures|Universal]] in 1924, and then to [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], where he remained until the mid-1950s. At MGM he was one of the main directors of their major female stars, he directed [[Joan Crawford]] six times and [[Greta Garbo]] seven.

Brown was nominated five times for six films (see below) for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] as a director, but he never received an Oscar. However, he won Best Foreign Film for ''[[Anna Karenina (1935 film)|Anna Karenina]]'', starring Garbo at the 1935 [[Venice International Film Festival]].

Brown's films gained a total of 38 Academy Award nominations and earned nine Oscars. Brown himself received five Academy Award nominations for six films and in 1949, he won the British Academy Award for the film version of [[William Faulkner]]'s ''[[Intruder in the Dust (1949 film)|Intruder in the Dust]]''.

In 1957, Brown was awarded The George Eastman Award, given by [[George Eastman House]] for distinguished contribution to the art of film.<ref>{{Cite web|title = George Eastman Award|url = https://www.eastman.org/george-eastman-award|website = George Eastman Museum|access-date = February 16, 2016|first = Molly|last = Tarbell}}</ref> Brown retired a wealthy man due to his real estate investments, but refused to watch new movies. He feared they might cause him to restart his career.
 
The Clarence Brown Theater, on the campus of the [[University of Tennessee]], is named in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web|title = History {{!}} Clarence Brown Theatre|url = http://clarencebrowntheatre.com/about-us/history/|website = clarencebrowntheatre.com|access-date = February 16, 2016|archive-date = May 5, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160505162821/http://clarencebrowntheatre.com/about-us/history/|url-status = dead}}</ref> He holds the record for most nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Director]] without a win, with six.