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Charles Brabin is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter British born on 17 april 1882 at Liverpool (United-kingdom)

Charles Brabin

Charles Brabin
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 17 april 1882 at Liverpool (United-kingdom)
Death 3 november 1957 (at 75 years) at Santa Monica (USA)

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.

Biography

Il a dirigé de nombreux films entre 1913 et 1934. Il fut marié à Theda Bara en 1921 jusqu'à la mort de celle-ci, en 1955. Il tenta quelques rôles devant la caméra dans les années 1910 puis en 1942.

Best films

Rasputin and the Empress (1933)
(Director)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
(Director)

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Filmography of Charles Brabin (33 films)

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Rasputin and the Empress, 2h1
Directed by Richard Boleslawski, Charles Brabin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Ralph Morgan, Diana Wynyard, Edward Arnold
Rating64% 3.246463.246463.246463.246463.24646
The story takes place in the Russian Empire during the last years of the reign of Czar Nicholas II and the Czarina Alexandra. Reform-minded Prince Paul has long been concerned about the plight of the common people and knows a revolution is brewing. Prince Alexei, heir to the throne, is loved by the people but has hemophilia, and a slight fall turns out to be life-threatening. When royal physician Dr. Remezov is powerless to stop the boy's bleeding, Princess Natasha, Alexandra's lady-in-waiting and Paul's fiancee, recommends Rasputin as a healer. He convinces the frantic Empress that he has been sent by God to cure the child. Left alone with Alexei, he hypnotizes the boy and relieves his agony but also gradually makes Alexei a slave to his will.
Stage Mother, 1h25
Directed by Charles Brabin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Alice Brady, Maureen O'Sullivan, Franchot Tone, Phillips Holmes, Ted Healy, Russell Hardie
Rating60% 3.000943.000943.000943.000943.00094
Four years after her vaudevillian husband's death, Kitty Lorraine, a frustrated former performer, marries comic Ralph Martin and returns to the stage, leaving behind her four-year-old daughter Shirley with her former in-laws. Fed up after ten years of Ralph's drinking, Kitty divorces him and sends for her now 14-year-old daughter. Two years of training allows Shirley to land a featured role in a touring music revue. Upon Shirley's return to New York City, Kitty blackmails the revue's manager into breaking Shirley's contract so she can take the starring role in a Broadway revue.
The Mask of Fu Manchu, 1h8
Directed by Charles Vidor, Charles Brabin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Actors Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Karen Morley
Rating61% 3.0937953.0937953.0937953.0937953.093795
Sir Denis Nayland Smith (Lewis Stone) of the British Secret Service warns Egyptologist Sir Lionel Barton (Lawrence Grant) that he must beat Fu Manchu in the race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan. The power-mad Fu Manchu (Boris Karloff) intends to use the sword and mask to proclaim himself the reincarnation of the legendary conqueror and inflame the peoples of Asia and the Middle East into a war to wipe out the "white race". Sir Lionel is kidnapped soon afterward and taken to Fu Manchu. Fu Manchu tries bribing his captive, even offering his own daughter, Fah Lo See (Myrna Loy). When that fails, Barton suffers the "torture of the bell" (lying underneath a gigantic, constantly ringing bell) in an unsuccessful attempt to get him to reveal the location of the tomb.
The Beast of the City, 1h26
Directed by Charles Brabin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Gangster films
Actors Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford, Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Peterson, Tully Marshall
Rating66% 3.3436153.3436153.3436153.3436153.343615
Police Captain Jim Fitzpatrick (Walter Huston) is a dedicated family man and crime fighter not averse to using violence to fight violence. Although he's been demoted for political reasons, public outcry forces the mayor to take more aggressive action against sleazy gang boss Sam Belmonte (Jean Hersholt), and Fitzpatrick is promoted to police chief. His younger brother, Police Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (Wallace Ford), allows himself to be seduced by a languorously sexy Belmonte gang moll (Jean Harlow) and needs money to continue the relationship. Frustrated when his principled brother will not promote him, he betrays Jim's trust by conspiring with Belmonte's henchmen in a truck hijacking that results in the deaths of a child and another police officer. After a crooked lawyer is able to get those guilty off on all charges, the relentlessly determined Chief turns to vigilantism to rid the city of its "Beasts.
New Morals for Old, 1h14
Directed by Charles Brabin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Robert Young, Lewis Stone, Laura Hope Crews, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, David Newell
Rating54% 2.7143952.7143952.7143952.7143952.714395
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are affluent New Yorkers who are unhappy that their adult children, Ralph Thomas (Robert Young) and Phyl Thomas (Margaret Perry), spend so many evenings at parties instead of spending time with family. Their disapproval deepens when they discover both children want to move out to pursue lifestyles that the parents deem unacceptable: Phyl moves into her own apartment so that she can conduct an affair with a married man, Duff Wilson (David Newell). Her brother, Ralph, goes to Paris to pursue his dream of being a painter, thus disappointing his father who expected him to remain in the family wallpaper business. Mrs. Thomas repeatedly tries to invoke guilt in both children for not being with her, especially after Mr. Thomas dies of a stroke.
Sporting Blood, 1h20
Directed by Charles Brabin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Clark Gable, Ernest Torrence, Madge Evans, Lew Cody, Marie Prevost, Hallam Cooley
Rating59% 2.9991052.9991052.9991052.9991052.999105
Gambler Rid Riddell works for Tip Scanlon, a crooked gambler, who buys Tommy-Boy, a racehorse from a wealthy man whose spoiled wife loses interest. Tip and Rid consistently win with the horse in both honestly and dishonestly run races. But before long, Tommy Boy loses a race he wasn't supposed to, and the mob is after Tip.
Call of the Flesh
Directed by Charles Brabin
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Ramón Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Ernest Torrence, Nance O'Neil, Renée Adorée, Mathilde Comont
Rating55% 2.764332.764332.764332.764332.76433
In Seville, Spain, a cantina is located across the street from San Agustín convent. At the convent, postulant Maria Consuelo Vargas (Dorothy Jordan) receives a visit from her brother, Captain Enrique Vargas (Russell Hopton). They have not seen each other in seven years, as he has been stationed in Africa. During the intervening time, their mother has died, which left Maria alone in the world, until she entered the convent. Enrique is thrilled that she will soon be married to God. Maria is enthralled by the music that comes from across the street – implying that she wants to explore life outside the convent - but Enrique prefers that she remain behind the safety of the convent walls, as he considers the outside world evil.
The Valley of the Giants
Directed by Charles Brabin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon, George Fawcett, Arthur Stone, Paul Hurst, Charles Sellon
Rating62% 3.1358753.1358753.1358753.1358753.135875
De retour au pays après ses études, Bryce Cardigan découvre que la « Vallée des géants » (de séquoias) de son enfance, où se trouve la tombe de sa mère, est menacée par un projet de déforestation du colonel Pennington, aidé par Jules Rondeau. De plus, son père John connaît des difficultés financières et peut perdre sa propriété au profit de l'homme d'affaires. Shirley, la nièce de celui-ci, découvre sa malhonnêteté et se rallie à Bryce, dont elle tombe amoureuse...