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Charles Brabin (1882-1957)

Alias:
Charles J. Brabin
Charles R. Brabin

Birthplace:
Liverpool, England, UK

Born:
April 17, 1882

Died:
November 3, 1957

Biography from TheMovieDB

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  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.  Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Brabin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Film Production

Director:
1912  A Soldier's Duty
1912  His Mother's Hope
1912  Hope - A Red Cross Seal Story
1912  The Usurer's Grip
1912  Tim
1912  What Happened to Mary
1913  An Unsullied Shield
1913  The Ambassador's Daughter
1914  The Man Who Disappeared
1914  The President’s Special
1915  The House of the Lost Court
1915  The Raven
1915  Vanity Fair
1916  That Sort
1916  The Price of Fame
1917  Mary Jane's Pa
1917  Persuasive Peggy
1917  Red, White and Blue Blood
1917  The Adopted Son
1917  The Secret Kingdom
1917  The Sixteenth Wife
1918  A Pair of Cupids
1918  Breakers Ahead
1918  Buchanan's Wife
1918  Social Quicksands
1918  The Poor Rich Man
1919  Kathleen Mavourneen
1919  La belle Russe
1919  Thou Shalt Not
1920  Blind Wives
1920  While New York Sleeps
1921  Footfalls
1922  The Broadway Peacock
1922  The Lights of New York
1923  Driven
1923  Six Days
1924  So Big
1925  Stella Maris
1926  Mismates
1926  Twinkletoes
1927  Framed
1927  Hard-Boiled Haggerty
1927  The Valley of the Giants
1928  Burning Daylight
1928  The Whip
1929  The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1930  Call of the Flesh
1930  The Ship from Shanghai
1931  Sporting Blood
1931  The Great Meadow
1932  New Morals for Old
1932  The Beast of the City
1932  The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932  The Washington Masquerade
1933  Day of Reckoning
1933  Stage Mother
1933  The Secret of Madame Blanche
1934  A Wicked Woman

Scenario Writer:
1912  A Soldier's Duty
1912  His Mother's Hope
1912  Hope - A Red Cross Seal Story
1912  The Usurer's Grip
1912  Tim
1912  What Happened to Mary
1913  An Unsullied Shield
1913  The Ambassador's Daughter
1914  The Man Who Disappeared
1914  The President’s Special
1915  The House of the Lost Court
1915  The Raven
1915  Vanity Fair
1916  That Sort
1916  The Price of Fame
1917  Mary Jane's Pa
1917  Persuasive Peggy
1917  Red, White and Blue Blood
1917  The Adopted Son
1917  The Secret Kingdom
1917  The Sixteenth Wife
1918  A Pair of Cupids
1918  Breakers Ahead
1918  Buchanan's Wife
1918  Social Quicksands
1918  The Poor Rich Man
1919  Kathleen Mavourneen
1919  La belle Russe
1919  Thou Shalt Not
1920  Blind Wives
1920  While New York Sleeps
1921  Footfalls
1922  The Broadway Peacock
1922  The Lights of New York
1923  Driven
1923  Six Days
1924  So Big
1925  Stella Maris
1926  Mismates
1926  Twinkletoes
1927  Framed
1927  Hard-Boiled Haggerty
1927  The Valley of the Giants
1928  Burning Daylight
1928  The Whip
1929  The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1930  Call of the Flesh
1930  The Ship from Shanghai
1931  Sporting Blood
1931  The Great Meadow
1932  New Morals for Old
1932  The Beast of the City
1932  The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932  The Washington Masquerade
1933  Day of Reckoning
1933  Stage Mother
1933  The Secret of Madame Blanche
1934  A Wicked Woman

Screenplay:
1912  A Soldier's Duty
1912  His Mother's Hope
1912  Hope - A Red Cross Seal Story
1912  The Usurer's Grip
1912  Tim
1912  What Happened to Mary
1913  An Unsullied Shield
1913  The Ambassador's Daughter
1914  The Man Who Disappeared
1914  The President’s Special
1915  The House of the Lost Court
1915  The Raven
1915  Vanity Fair
1916  That Sort
1916  The Price of Fame
1917  Mary Jane's Pa
1917  Persuasive Peggy
1917  Red, White and Blue Blood
1917  The Adopted Son
1917  The Secret Kingdom
1917  The Sixteenth Wife
1918  A Pair of Cupids
1918  Breakers Ahead
1918  Buchanan's Wife
1918  Social Quicksands
1918  The Poor Rich Man
1919  Kathleen Mavourneen
1919  La belle Russe
1919  Thou Shalt Not
1920  Blind Wives
1920  While New York Sleeps
1921  Footfalls
1922  The Broadway Peacock
1922  The Lights of New York
1923  Driven
1923  Six Days
1924  So Big
1925  Stella Maris
1926  Mismates
1926  Twinkletoes
1927  Framed
1927  Hard-Boiled Haggerty
1927  The Valley of the Giants
1928  Burning Daylight
1928  The Whip
1929  The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1930  Call of the Flesh
1930  The Ship from Shanghai
1931  Sporting Blood
1931  The Great Meadow
1932  New Morals for Old
1932  The Beast of the City
1932  The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932  The Washington Masquerade
1933  Day of Reckoning
1933  Stage Mother
1933  The Secret of Madame Blanche
1934  A Wicked Woman

Story:
1912  A Soldier's Duty
1912  His Mother's Hope
1912  Hope - A Red Cross Seal Story
1912  The Usurer's Grip
1912  Tim
1912  What Happened to Mary
1913  An Unsullied Shield
1913  The Ambassador's Daughter
1914  The Man Who Disappeared
1914  The President’s Special
1915  The House of the Lost Court
1915  The Raven
1915  Vanity Fair
1916  That Sort
1916  The Price of Fame
1917  Mary Jane's Pa
1917  Persuasive Peggy
1917  Red, White and Blue Blood
1917  The Adopted Son
1917  The Secret Kingdom
1917  The Sixteenth Wife
1918  A Pair of Cupids
1918  Breakers Ahead
1918  Buchanan's Wife
1918  Social Quicksands
1918  The Poor Rich Man
1919  Kathleen Mavourneen
1919  La belle Russe
1919  Thou Shalt Not
1920  Blind Wives
1920  While New York Sleeps
1921  Footfalls
1922  The Broadway Peacock
1922  The Lights of New York
1923  Driven
1923  Six Days
1924  So Big
1925  Stella Maris
1926  Mismates
1926  Twinkletoes
1927  Framed
1927  Hard-Boiled Haggerty
1927  The Valley of the Giants
1928  Burning Daylight
1928  The Whip
1929  The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1930  Call of the Flesh
1930  The Ship from Shanghai
1931  Sporting Blood
1931  The Great Meadow
1932  New Morals for Old
1932  The Beast of the City
1932  The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932  The Washington Masquerade
1933  Day of Reckoning
1933  Stage Mother
1933  The Secret of Madame Blanche
1934  A Wicked Woman

Writer:
1912  A Soldier's Duty
1912  His Mother's Hope
1912  Hope - A Red Cross Seal Story
1912  The Usurer's Grip
1912  Tim
1912  What Happened to Mary
1913  An Unsullied Shield
1913  The Ambassador's Daughter
1914  The Man Who Disappeared
1914  The President’s Special
1915  The House of the Lost Court
1915  The Raven
1915  Vanity Fair
1916  That Sort
1916  The Price of Fame
1917  Mary Jane's Pa
1917  Persuasive Peggy
1917  Red, White and Blue Blood
1917  The Adopted Son
1917  The Secret Kingdom
1917  The Sixteenth Wife
1918  A Pair of Cupids
1918  Breakers Ahead
1918  Buchanan's Wife
1918  Social Quicksands
1918  The Poor Rich Man
1919  Kathleen Mavourneen
1919  La belle Russe
1919  Thou Shalt Not
1920  Blind Wives
1920  While New York Sleeps
1921  Footfalls
1922  The Broadway Peacock
1922  The Lights of New York
1923  Driven
1923  Six Days
1924  So Big
1925  Stella Maris
1926  Mismates
1926  Twinkletoes
1927  Framed
1927  Hard-Boiled Haggerty
1927  The Valley of the Giants
1928  Burning Daylight
1928  The Whip
1929  The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1930  Call of the Flesh
1930  The Ship from Shanghai
1931  Sporting Blood
1931  The Great Meadow
1932  New Morals for Old
1932  The Beast of the City
1932  The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932  The Washington Masquerade
1933  Day of Reckoning
1933  Stage Mother
1933  The Secret of Madame Blanche
1934  A Wicked Woman

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