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Charles Brabin(1882-1957)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actor
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Charles Brabin
Charles Brabin was born on 17 April 1882 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for While New York Sleeps (1920), The Lights of New York (1922) and Breakers Ahead (1918). He was previously married to Theda Bara and Susie Jeanette Mosher. He died on 3 November 1957 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
BornApril 17, 1882
DiedNovember 3, 1957(75)
BornApril 17, 1882
DiedNovember 3, 1957(75)
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Yale Boss and Charles Brabin in His First Commission (1911)
Yale Boss and Charles Brabin in His First Commission (1911)
Charles Brabin
Robert Young, Charles Brabin, and Margaret Perry in New Morals for Old (1932)

Known for

Marc McDermott and Estelle Taylor in While New York Sleeps (1920)
While New York Sleeps
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  • Director(as Charles J. Brabin)
  • 1920
The Lights of New York (1922)
The Lights of New York
  • Director
  • 1922
Viola Dana in Breakers Ahead (1918)
Breakers Ahead
  • Director
  • 1918
Evelyn Nesbit in Thou Shalt Not (1919)
Thou Shalt Not
  • Director
  • 1919

Credits

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Director

  • Charles Bickford and Mady Christians in A Wicked Woman (1934)
    A Wicked Woman
  • Richard Dix and Madge Evans in Day of Reckoning (1933)
    Day of Reckoning
  • Maureen O'Sullivan and Alice Brady in Stage Mother (1933)
    Stage Mother
    • (as Charles R. Brabin)
  • The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933)
    The Secret of Madame Blanche
  • Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Tad Alexander, and Ralph Morgan in Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
    Rasputin and the Empress
    • (uncredited)
  • The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
    The Mask of Fu Manchu
  • Lionel Barrymore and Karen Morley in The Washington Masquerade (1932)
    The Washington Masquerade
  • Myrna Loy, Robert Young, Margaret Perry, and Lewis Stone in New Morals for Old (1932)
    New Morals for Old
  • Jean Harlow and Wallace Ford in The Beast of the City (1932)
    The Beast of the City
  • Clark Gable and Madge Evans in Sporting Blood (1931)
    Sporting Blood
  • Eleanor Boardman, Johnny Mack Brown, and Russell Simpson in The Great Meadow (1931)
    The Great Meadow
  • Ramon Novarro in Call of the Flesh (1930)
    Call of the Flesh
  • Ivan Linow, Carmel Myers, and Louis Wolheim in The Ship from Shanghai (1930)
    The Ship from Shanghai
  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
    The Bridge of San Luis Rey
  • The Whip (1928)
    The Whip
    • (as Charles J. Brabin)

Writer

  • Clark Gable and Madge Evans in Sporting Blood (1931)
    Sporting Blood
  • Eleanor Boardman, Johnny Mack Brown, and Russell Simpson in The Great Meadow (1931)
    The Great Meadow
  • Mary Philbin in Stella Maris (1925)
    Stella Maris
    • (as Charles J. Brabin)
  • The Lights of New York (1922)
    The Lights of New York
  • Footfalls (1921)
    Footfalls
    • (as Charles J. Brabin)
  • Blind Wives (1920)
    Blind Wives
  • Marc McDermott and Estelle Taylor in While New York Sleeps (1920)
    While New York Sleeps
  • Theda Bara in La belle Russe (1919)
    La belle Russe
    • (as Charles J. Brabin)
  • Kathleen Mavourneen (1919)
    Kathleen Mavourneen
  • Evelyn Nesbit in Thou Shalt Not (1919)
    Thou Shalt Not
  • Viola Dana in Breakers Ahead (1918)
    Breakers Ahead
  • Peggy Hyland in Persuasive Peggy (1917)
    Persuasive Peggy
    • (as Charles J. Brabin)
  • Naomi Childers and Marc McDermott in The Price of Fame (1916)
    The Price of Fame
  • Warda Howard in That Sort (1916)
    That Sort
    • (as Charles J. Brabin)
  • The Raven (1915)
    The Raven
    • (as Charles J. Brabin)

Actor

  • Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald in I Married an Angel (1942)
    I Married an Angel
    • (uncredited)
  • Henry B. Walthall in The Woman Hater (1915)
    The Woman Hater
  • The Strike at the Mines
  • Yale Boss and Charles Brabin in His First Commission (1911)
    His First Commission
    • (as Charles J. Brabin)
  • Love and the Law
    • (as Charles J. Brabin)
  • The Lost Handbag

Personal details

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    • April 17, 1882
    • Liverpool, England, UK
    • November 3, 1957
    • Santa Monica, California, USA(heart attack)
    • Theda BaraJuly 2, 1921 - April 7, 1955 (her death)
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    In the very early 1920s, he married the notorious screen vamp Theda Bara who was, in reality, quite the opposite of her public image. It was regarded as one of Hollywood's most successful director-star marriages. It ended in the mid-1950s when she succumbed to cancer. He passed away less than three years later.

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