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Maurice Tourneur

French director
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  • Clarence Brown
    / Early life and work

    …however, he observed French director Maurice Tourneur making a film in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and fell in love with motion pictures. Brown sold his car dealership and spent the next several years working with Tourneur as an assistant director and editor. He later remarked of Tourneur, “I owe him…

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    …however, he observed French director Maurice Tourneur making a film in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and fell in love with motion pictures. Brown sold his car dealership and spent the next several years working with Tourneur as an assistant director and editor. He later remarked of Tourneur, “I owe him…

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