John C. Brownell
American dramatist
About John C. Brownell
Lived 1877 – 1961 (aged 83–84).
John C. Brownell (February 5, 1877 – August 27, 1961) was an American actor and writer who had a career in theater and film in the U.S. Yale University has a collection of his papers. Brownell was born in Burlington, Vermont. He worked in the film industry for Universal Films and Film Booking Offices of America. He died in Starksboro, Vermont. Mississippi rainbow : a modern comedy of Negro life (1938) The Nut Farm A Woman of the Soil
Selected filmography (as screenwriter) Susan's Gentleman (1917) The Boy Girl (1917) The Girl by the Roadside (1917) The Raggedy Queen (1917) Little Miss Nobody (1917) Bad Company (1925) Three of a Kind (1925) The King of the Turf (1926) Bitter Sweets (1928) Out with the Tide (1928) The Nut Farm (1935)
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Who was John C. Brownell?
American dramatist
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John C. Brownell was born in 1877.
When did John C. Brownell die?
John C. Brownell died on 27 August 1961.
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