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Karl Brown

Career

Active from 1917 to 2023, with a break from 1954 to 2022, busiest in 1938 and 1941 with 5 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Covered Wagon
The Covered Wagon
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Karl Brown Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.2, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2
  • Family Dynamics
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 5
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Classic Hollywood 4
  • Early Cinema 3
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Intrigue 3
  • Silent Film Era 2
  • Coming-of-Age Story 2
  • Nostalgic Charm 2
  • Found Family 2
  • Gothic Horror 2
  • Psychological Horror 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

62
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
It's Storytime: The Movie
It's Storytime: The Movie (2023)

as Marcus Kaine

Attack Of The Flatulating Dead
Attack Of The Flatulating Dead (2023)

as Tegmen/Vega

2010s

1 title
House of Afflictions
House of Afflictions (2017)

as Eric Giddens

1950s

1 title · average score 53
The Vanquished
The Vanquished (1953)
GoodWatch score 53

Story

1940s

13 titles · average score 53
The Chicago Kid
The Chicago Kid (1945)

Story

The Ape Man
The Ape Man (1943)
GoodWatch score 44

Story

Hitler- Dead or Alive
Hitler- Dead or Alive (1942)
GoodWatch score 43

Screenplay

Phantom Killer
Phantom Killer (1942)
GoodWatch score 53

Screenplay

Mr. District Attorney
Mr. District Attorney (1941)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay

Harvard Here I Come
Harvard Here I Come (1941)

Story

Under Fiesta Stars
Under Fiesta Stars (1941)

Story, Screenplay

I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island (1941)

Screenplay

Before I Hang
Before I Hang (1940)
GoodWatch score 57

Story

The Man with Nine Lives
The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

Girl from Havana
Girl from Havana (1940)

Writer

Gangs of Chicago
Gangs of Chicago (1940)

Screenplay

1930s

20 titles · average score 63
The Man They Could Not Hang
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
GoodWatch score 70

Screenplay

My Son Is Guilty
My Son Is Guilty (1939)

Story

A Woman is the Judge
A Woman is the Judge (1939)

Writer

Port of Missing Girls
Port of Missing Girls (1938)

Director, Writer

Gangster's Boy
Gangster's Boy (1938)

Story

Barefoot Boy
Barefoot Boy (1938)

Director

Under the Big Top
Under the Big Top (1938)

Director

Numbered Woman
Numbered Woman (1938)

Director

Girl Loves Boy
Girl Loves Boy (1937)

Story

The Calling of Dan Matthews
The Calling of Dan Matthews (1935)

Writer

City Park
City Park (1934)

Writer

Flames
Flames (1932)

Director, Screenplay

1920s

16 titles · average score 69
Stark Love
Stark Love (1927)

Writer, Director

Beggar on Horseback
Beggar on Horseback (1925)

Director of Photography

The Pony Express
The Pony Express (1925)

Director of Photography

Merton of the Movies
Merton of the Movies (1924)

Director of Photography

The City That Never Sleeps
The City That Never Sleeps (1924)

Director of Photography

The Covered Wagon
The Covered Wagon (1923)
GoodWatch score 79

Director of Photography

Hollywood
Hollywood (1923)

Director of Photography

The Dictator
The Dictator (1922)

Director of Photography

Gasoline Gus
Gasoline Gus (1921)

Director of Photography

The Dollar-a-Year Man
The Dollar-a-Year Man (1921)

Director of Photography

Crazy to Marry
Crazy to Marry (1921)

Director of Photography

The Life of the Party
The Life of the Party (1920)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

1910s

9 titles · average score 68
True Heart Susie
True Heart Susie (1919)
GoodWatch score 68

Camera Operator

A Romance of Happy Valley
A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
GoodWatch score 65

Camera Operator

The Girl Who Stayed at Home
The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)

Camera Operator

Battling Jane
Battling Jane (1918)

Director of Photography

Stage Struck
Stage Struck (1917)

Director of Photography

Her Official Fathers
Her Official Fathers (1917)

Director of Photography

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
GoodWatch score 85

as Extra (uncredited)

The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
GoodWatch score 70

Camera Operator

Home, Sweet Home
Home, Sweet Home (1914)
GoodWatch score 53

as The Fiddle Player