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Porter Emerson Browne(1879-1934)

  • Writer
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Porter Emerson Browne was born on 22 June 1879 in Beverly, Massachusetts, USA. Porter Emerson was a writer, known for The Seventh Day (1922), A Fool There Was (1915) and Joan of Plattsburg (1918). Porter Emerson was married to Myrtle Suzanne May (actress, playwright). Porter Emerson died on 20 September 1934 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA.
BornJune 22, 1879
DiedSeptember 20, 1934(55)
BornJune 22, 1879
DiedSeptember 20, 1934(55)
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The Seventh Day (1922)
The Seventh Day
6.5
  • Writer
  • 1922
A Fool There Was (1915)
A Fool There Was
5.7
  • Writer(as Porter Emerson Brown)
  • 1915
Mabel Normand, JOAN OF PLATTSBURG, Goldwyn, 1918, **I.V.
Joan of Plattsburg
5.8
  • Writer
  • 1918
Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, and Beverly Roberts in West of Shanghai (1937)
West of Shanghai
6.0
  • Writer
  • 1937

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  • The Bad Man
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1947
  • NBC Television Theatre
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1946
  • Wallace Beery, Ronald Reagan, and Laraine Day in The Bad Man (1941)
    The Bad Man
    5.9
    • based on the play by
    • 1941
  • Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, and Beverly Roberts in West of Shanghai (1937)
    West of Shanghai
    6.0
    • from a play by
    • 1937
  • George Raft in The Trumpet Blows (1934)
    The Trumpet Blows
    4.9
    • story
    • 1934
  • Lopez, le bandit (1930)
    Lopez, le bandit
    • play "The Bad Man"
    • 1930
  • Walter Huston, James Rennie, and Dorothy Revier in The Bad Man (1930)
    The Bad Man
    6.9
    • play
    • 1930
  • El hombre malo (1930)
    El hombre malo
    • play "The Bad Man"
    • 1930
  • The Bad Man (1923)
    The Bad Man
    • play
    • 1923
  • Lewis Stone and Estelle Taylor in A Fool There Was (1922)
    A Fool There Was
    5.4
    • play
    • 1922
  • The Seventh Day (1922)
    The Seventh Day
    6.5
    • story
    • 1922
  • Theodore Roosevelt in The Fighting Roosevelts (1919)
    The Fighting Roosevelts
    • story
    • 1919
  • Too Many Millions (1918)
    Too Many Millions
    4.6
    • play "Someone and Somebody"
    • 1918
  • Mabel Normand, JOAN OF PLATTSBURG, Goldwyn, 1918, **I.V.
    Joan of Plattsburg
    5.8
    • story
    • 1918
  • Irene Fenwick in The Spendthrift (1915)
    The Spendthrift
    6.0
    • play
    • 1915

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Porter Emerson Brown
  • Born
    • June 22, 1879
    • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
  • Died
    • September 20, 1934
    • Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
  • Spouse
    • Myrtle Suzanne May (actress, playwright)February 10, 1907 - 1922 (her death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Stage Play: A Fool There Was. Written by Porter Emerson Browne. Directed by George F. Marion. Liberty Theatre: 24 Mar 1909- Jun 1909 (closing date unknown/93 performances). Cast: Frances Barber (as "Ship Passenger"), Edwin Barbour (as "Ship's Captain"), R.J. Barker (as "Ship's Doctor"), John Bascombe (as "Ship Passenger"), Ethel Bell (as "Ship Passenger"), Frank Brody (as "Ship Passenger"), Eleanor Carlyle (as "Ship Passenger"), Phyllis Carrington (as "Ship Passenger"), George Clare (as "Butler"), Ted Clare (as "Ship Passenger"), Mae Clarke (as "Ship Passenger"), C. Coleman (as "Second Passenger"), W. Coleman (as "Ship Passenger"), Nannette Comstock (as "The Wife"), William Connolly (as "Ship Passenger"), Edna Conroy (as "The Sister"), William Courtleigh (as "The Friend"), Ida Desmond (as "Ship Passenger"), Fred Gibler (as "Ship Passenger"), John Guirand (as "Deck Steward"), Harry H. Hart (as "Petty Officer"), Robert Hilliard (as "The Husband"), Howard Hull (as "Young Parmalee"), Victor Johns (as "Ship Passenger"), L.R. Johnson (as "Messenger"), Katherine Kaelred (as "The Woman"), Thomas King (as "Sailor"), Seymour Lawrence (as "Ship Passenger"), Ed Mallon (as "Deck Steward"), Miss Eugene Martin (as "Ship Passenger"), Fred Nicolls (as "Deck Steward"), Grace Noble (as "Ship Passenger"), Louis Palmer (as "Deck Steward"), Janet Pierce (as "Ship Passenger"), Amy Retar (as "Ship Passenger"), Albert R. Richman (as "Ship Passenger"), Arthur Row (as "First Passenger"), James Rowe (as "Ship Passenger"), Charles Seivert (as "Sailor"), Wallace Sharpe (as "Ship Passenger"), George Spelvin (as "The Voice"), Helen Taylor (as "Ship Passenger"), Frank Taylor (as "Boy Ship Passenger"), S.K. Walker (as "The Secretary"), Alfred Wendel (as "Ship Passenger"), Herbert Williams (as "Ship Passenger"), Emily Wurster (as "The Child"). Produced by Frederic Thompson. Note: Filmed as A Fool There Was (1915).
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