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