Charles Brabin
Biography
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Charles J. Brabin (April 17, 1882 in Liverpool, England - November 3, 1957 in Santa Monica, California) was an American film director and screenwriter. He was active during the silent era, then pursued a short-lived career in talkies.
Born in Liverpool, England, he was educated at St. Francis Xavier College. Brabin sailed to New York in the early 1900s and, while holding down odd jobs there, he tried his hand as a stage actor. He joined the Edison Company around 1908, first acting then writing then directing. His last film was A Wicked Woman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1934.
Brabin wed silent-film "vamp" star Theda Bara in 1921, remaining married to her until her death from abdominal cancer in April 1955 and becoming one of the rare long-lasting Hollywood marriages.
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Directing (63 movies)
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
The Beast of the City
1932
Tim
1912
The Secret Kingdom
1917
The Lights of New York
1922
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933
The Broadway Peacock
1922
Footfalls
1921
An Unsullied Shield
1913
The Ambassador's Daughter
1913
A Wicked Woman
1934
Burning Daylight
1928
Stage Mother
1933
Day of Reckoning
1933
The Raven
1915
Hope - A Red Cross Seal Story
1912
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1929
The Usurer's Grip
1912
The Ship from Shanghai
1930
Call of the Flesh
1930
The Great Meadow
1931
Sporting Blood
1931
New Morals for Old
1932
The Washington Masquerade
1932
Framed
1927
Vanity Fair
1915
So Big
1924
La belle Russe
1919
That Sort
1916
The Valley of the Giants
1927
Breakers Ahead
1918
Buchanan's Wife
1918
The Price of Fame
1916
The Sixteenth Wife
1917
The Whip
1928
Thou Shalt Not
1919
Hard-Boiled Haggerty
1927
Mismates
1926
Mary Jane's Pa
1917
A Pair of Cupids
1918
Persuasive Peggy
1917
Social Quicksands
1918
The Adopted Son
1917
The House of the Lost Court
1915
What Happened to Mary
1912
Twinkletoes
1926
While New York Sleeps
1920
A Soldier's Duty
1912
Kathleen Mavourneen
1919
Driven
1923
Stella Maris
1925
His Mother's Hope
1912
Six Days
1923
Blind Wives
1920
Red, White and Blue Blood
1917
The President’s Special
1914
The Man Who Disappeared
1914
The Poor Rich Man
1918
The Awakening of John Bond
1911
Thou Shalt Not
1919
His Bonded Wife
1918
The Higher Destiny
1916
Babette
1917
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Raven | 1915 | Writer |
| The Price of Fame | 1916 | Writer |
| Persuasive Peggy | 1917 | Writer |
| Breakers Ahead | 1918 | Writer |
| Kathleen Mavourneen | 1919 | Screenplay |
| La belle Russe | 1919 | Screenplay |
| Thou Shalt Not | 1919 | Writer |
| While New York Sleeps | 1920 | Writer |
| Blind Wives | 1920 | Writer |
| Footfalls | 1921 | Writer |
| The Lights of New York | 1922 | Screenplay |
| Stella Maris | 1925 | Writer |
| The Great Meadow | 1931 | Writer |
| Sporting Blood | 1931 | Screenplay |