Harry Joe Brown (September 22, 1890 â€" April 28, 1972) was an
American film producer, and earlier a theatre and film director.Harry
Joe Brown was born in 1890 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a producer,
he had a partnership with director Budd Boetticher, actor Randolph
Scott and screenwriter Burt Kennedy, which generated a series of five
westerns between 1957 and 1960 (The Tall T, Decision at Sundown,
Buchanan Rides Alone, Ride Lonesome, Comanche Station) via a company
he created with Scott which eventually became known as Ranown Pictures
Corp. He produced the American debut films of both Errol Flynn in
Captain Blood and Sean Flynn in Son of Captain Blood.Brown earlier
directed a number of films, among them Knickerbocker Holiday, Sitting
Pretty and Madison Square Garden.He was married to actress Sally
Eilers. They resided in a mansion located at 625 Mountain Drive,
Beverly Hills, California.
American film producer, and earlier a theatre and film director.Harry
Joe Brown was born in 1890 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a producer,
he had a partnership with director Budd Boetticher, actor Randolph
Scott and screenwriter Burt Kennedy, which generated a series of five
westerns between 1957 and 1960 (The Tall T, Decision at Sundown,
Buchanan Rides Alone, Ride Lonesome, Comanche Station) via a company
he created with Scott which eventually became known as Ranown Pictures
Corp. He produced the American debut films of both Errol Flynn in
Captain Blood and Sean Flynn in Son of Captain Blood.Brown earlier
directed a number of films, among them Knickerbocker Holiday, Sitting
Pretty and Madison Square Garden.He was married to actress Sally
Eilers. They resided in a mansion located at 625 Mountain Drive,
Beverly Hills, California.
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