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Charles Brabin (1882–1957)

Director | Writer | Actor

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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.

Born:

in Liverpool, England, UK

Died:

(age 75) in Santa Monica, California, USA
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1934 A Wicked Woman
 
1933 Day of Reckoning
 
1933 Stage Mother (as Charles R. Brabin)
 
1933 The Secret of Madame Blanche
 
1932 Rasputin and the Empress (uncredited)
 
1932 The Mask of Fu Manchu
 
1932 The Washington Masquerade
 
1932 New Morals for Old
 
1932 The Beast of the City
 
1931 Sporting Blood
 
1931 The Great Meadow
 
1930 Call of the Flesh
 
1930 The Ship from Shanghai
 
1929 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
 
1928 The Whip (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1928 Burning Daylight
 
1927 The Valley of the Giants
 
1927 Hard-Boiled Haggerty
 
1927 Framed
 
1926 Twinkletoes
 
1926 Mismates
 
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (uncredited)
 
1925 Stella Maris (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1924 So Big
 
1923 Six Days
 
1923 Driven
 
1922 The Lights of New York
 
1922 The Broadway Peacock
 
1921 Footfalls (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1920 Blind Wives
 
1920 While New York Sleeps (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1919 La belle Russe (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1919 Kathleen Mavourneen
 
1919 Thou Shalt Not
 
1918 The Poor Rich Man
 
1918 Buchanan's Wife
 
1918 His Bonded Wife
 
1918 A Pair of Cupids
 
1918 Social Quicksands
 
1918 Breakers Ahead
 
1917 Persuasive Peggy (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1917 Red, White and Blue Blood
 
1917 The Adopted Son
 
1917 Mary Jane's Pa
 
1917 The Sixteenth Wife
 
1917 Babette (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1916 The Price of Fame
 
1916 The Higher Destiny (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1916 That Sort (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1916 The Bridesmaid's Secret (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1916 The Secret Kingdom
 
1915 The Raven (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1915 Vanity Fair
 
1915 The Woman Hater (short)
 
1915 The House of the Lost Court
 
1915 The Stoning (short)
 
1915 A Theft in the Dark (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1915 Her Husband's Son (short)
 
1915 An Invitation and an Attack (short)
 
1914 The Premature Compromise (short)
 
1914 The Birth of Our Saviour (short)
 
1914/II The Best Man (short)
 
1914 The King's Move in the City (short)
 
1914 A Question of Identity (short)
 
1914 The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (short)
 
1914 The Letter That Never Came Out (short)
 
1914 The Long Way (short)
 
1914 By the Aid of a Film (short)
 
1914 The President's Special (short)
 
1914 The Living Dead (short)
 
1914 A Matter of Minutes (short)
 
1914 Face to Face (short)
 
1914 The Man in the Street (short)
 
1914 The Gap (short)
 
1914 With His Hands (short)
 
1914 The Light on the Wall (short)
 
1914 The Double Cross (short)
 
1914 A Hunted Animal (short)
 
1914 The Black Mask (short)
 
1914 The Man Who Disappeared
 
1914 The Price of the Necklace (short)
 
1914 All for His Sake (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1914 The Necklace of Rameses (short)
 
1914 The Antique Brooch (short)
 
1913 The Stolen Plans (short)
 
1913 Silas Marner (short)
 
1913 The Foreman's Treachery (short)
 
1913 A Daughter of Romany (short)
 
1913 The Stroke of the Phoebus Eight (short)
 
1913 Cornwall, the English Riviera (documentary short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1913 Keepers of the Flock (short)
 
1913/II Flood Tide (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1913 The Coast Guard's Sister (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1913 While John Bolt Slept (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1913 Mercy Merrick (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1913 A Concerto for the Violin (short)
 
1913 The Risen Soul of Jim Grant (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1913/II Kathleen Mavourneen (short)
 
1913 A Will and a Way (short)
 
1913 The Minister's Temptation (short)
 
1913 His Enemy (short)
 
1913 The Princess and the Man (short)
 
1913 The Ambassador's Daughter (short)
 
1913 The Mountaineers (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1913 Leonie (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1913 The Maid of Honor (short)
 
1913 An Unsullied Shield (short)
 
1913 A Race to New York (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1912 Annie Crawls Upstairs (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1912 His Mother's Hope (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1912 A Dollar Saved Is a Dollar Earned (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1912 Tim (short)
 
1912 Hope, a Red Cross Seal Story (short)
 
1912 The Non-Commissioned Officer (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1912 A Baby's Shoe (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1912 Young Mrs. Eaton (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1912 The Affair at Raynor's (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1912 A Soldier's Duty (short)
 
1912 Under False Colors (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1912 The Usurer's Grip (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1912/II What Happened to Mary (short)
 
1911 The Awakening of John Bond (short)
 
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1931 Sporting Blood (screenplay)
 
1931 The Great Meadow
 
1925 Stella Maris (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1922 The Lights of New York (screenplay / story)
 
1921 Footfalls (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1920 Blind Wives
 
1920 While New York Sleeps (screenplay / story)
 
1919 La belle Russe (scenario / as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1919 Kathleen Mavourneen (scenario)
 
1919 Thou Shalt Not (screenplay / story)
 
1918 Breakers Ahead (screenplay / story)
 
1917 Persuasive Peggy (scenario / as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1916 The Price of Fame (story)
 
1916 That Sort (scenario / as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1915 The Raven (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1915 The Stoning (short) (scenario)
 
1913 Silas Marner (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The Pied Piper of Hamelin (short) (scenario)
 
1913 Dolly Varden (short) (scenario)
 
1913 Mercy Merrick (short) (scenario)
 
1913/II Kathleen Mavourneen (short) (scenario)
 
1913 An Unsullied Shield (short) (scenario)
 
1912 A Soldier's Duty (short) (scenario)
 
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1942 I Married an Angel
Mr. Herbert Fairmind (uncredited)
 
1915 The Woman Hater (short)
 
1911 The Strike at the Mines (short)
 
1911 His First Commission (short)
Abraham Lincoln (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1910 Love and the Law (short) (as Charles J. Brabin)
 
1909 The Lost Handbag (short)
 
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Alternate Names:

Charles J. Brabin | Charles R. Brabin
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Trivia:

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. See more »

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