Brown Holmes
Brown Holmes (December 12, 1907, Toledo, Ohio – February 12, 1974, Los Angeles County, California) was an American screenwriter who worked for several major Hollywood studios in the 1930s and 1940s. Among his credits are several highly regarded prison films: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932) and Castle on the Hudson (1940). He also wrote or co-wrote two adaptations of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 detective novel The Maltese Falcon: The Maltese Falcon (1931) and Satan Met a Lady (1936).
Partial filmography
- The Maltese Falcon (1931)
- Play Girl (1932)
- The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)
- Street of Women (1932)
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
- 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
- Ladies They Talk About (1933)
- The Avenger (1933)
- The Stranger's Return (1933)
- Dark Hazard (1934)
- Heat Lightning (1934)
- I Sell Anything (1934)
- While the Patient Slept (1935) (add. dialogue)
- The Florentine Dagger (1935) (add. dialogue)
- The Case of the Curious Bride (1935) (add. dialogue)
- We're in the Money (1935)
- The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
- Snowed Under (1936)
- Satan Met a Lady (1936)
- The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938)
- Three Blind Mice (1938)
- Castle on the Hudson (1940)
- Moon Over Miami (1941)
- Shed No Tears (1948)
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External links
- Brown Holmes on IMDb
- Brown Holmes at AllMovie
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