Charles Brabin

from Liverpool, England, UK

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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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Timeline

1934Aged 52

  • Poster for A Wicked Woman

    Director

1933Aged 51

  • Poster for The Secret of Madame Blanche

    Director

  • Poster for Stage Mother

    Director

  • Poster for Day of Reckoning

    Director

1932Aged 50

  • Poster for The Beast of the City

    Director

  • Poster for New Morals for Old

    Director

  • Poster for The Washington Masquerade

    Director

  • Poster for The Mask of Fu Manchu

    Director

1931Aged 49

  • Poster for The Great Meadow

    Writer

  • Poster for Sporting Blood

    Screenplay

1930Aged 48

  • Poster for The Ship from Shanghai

    Director

  • Poster for Call of the Flesh

    Director

1929Aged 47

  • Poster for The Bridge of San Luis Rey

    Director

1928Aged 46

  • Poster for Burning Daylight

    Director

  • Poster for The Whip

    Director

1927Aged 45

1926Aged 44

  • Poster for Mismates

    Director

  • Poster for Twinkletoes

    Director

1925Aged 43

  • Poster for Stella Maris

    Writer

1924Aged 42

  • Poster for So Big

    Director

1923Aged 41

  • Poster for Driven

    Director

  • Poster for Six Days

    Director

1922Aged 40

  • Poster for The Broadway Peacock

    Director

  • Poster for The Lights of New York

    Story

1921Aged 39

  • Poster for Footfalls

    Writer

1920Aged 38

  • Poster for While New York Sleeps

    Writer

  • Poster for Blind Wives

    Director

1919Aged 37

1918Aged 36

1917Aged 35

  • Poster for The Secret Kingdom

    Director

  • Babette

    Director

  • Poster for The Sixteenth Wife

    Director

  • Poster for Mary Jane's Pa

    Director

  • Poster for The Adopted Son

    Director

  • Poster for Persuasive Peggy

    Writer

  • Poster for Red, White and Blue Blood

    Director

1916Aged 34

1915Aged 33

1913Aged 31

  • Poster for An Unsullied Shield

    Director

  • Poster for The Ambassador's Daughter

    Director

1912Aged 30

1911Aged 29

  • Poster for The Awakening of John Bond

    Director