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1. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)

Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned.

Directors: Fred Niblo, Charles Brabin, Christy Cabanne, J.J. Cohn, Rex Ingram | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson

Votes: 7,974 | Gross: $12.45M

2. The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)

G | 68 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi

Englishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before the sinister Fu Manchu does.

Directors: Charles Brabin, Charles Vidor | Stars: Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Charles Starrett

Votes: 3,713 | Gross: $0.82M

3. Rasputin and the Empress (1932)

Passed | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History

A prince plots to kill the mad monk Rasputin for the good of the czar, the czarina and Russia.

Directors: Richard Boleslawski, Charles Brabin | Stars: John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Ralph Morgan

Votes: 1,186

4. The Beast of the City (1932)

Passed | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford, Jean Hersholt

Votes: 1,419 | Gross: $0.89M

5. I Married an Angel (1942)

Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

A count who ignores an infatuated secretary thinks he has met his match when an angel from Heaven shows up.

Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Edward Everett Horton, Binnie Barnes

Votes: 570

6. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)

86 min | Drama

A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths. A priest sets out to find out more about the life of each of the victims.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence, Raquel Torres, Don Alvarado

Votes: 101

7. Call of the Flesh (1930)

Passed | 100 min | Musical, Romance

Juan de Dios, from a poor working-class background, is a cantina performer in Seville, singing and dancing with his partner Lola. They have a contentious professional and personal ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Ernest Torrence, Nance O'Neil

Votes: 211

8. New Morals for Old (1932)

Passed | 75 min | Drama, Romance

A single mother struggles to raise her son and daughter, who find it difficult to listen to her life lessons. They forge their own lives, and make their own mistakes as a result.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Robert Young, Margaret Perry, Lewis Stone, Laura Hope Crews

Votes: 280

9. Sporting Blood (1931)

Passed | 82 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

The saga of thoroughbred Tommy Boy, born in a rain puddle, and his various owners as he evolves into a a champion stakes horse.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Clark Gable, Ernest Torrence, Madge Evans, Lew Cody

Votes: 378

10. The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933)

Passed | 84 min | Drama, History, Romance

Showgirl Sally meets young playboy Leonard St. John; they fall in love and are secretly married. When Leonard's father discovers this he sets out to break them apart, and following a bitter... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Irene Dunne, Lionel Atwill, Phillips Holmes, Una Merkel

Votes: 361

11. Stage Mother (1933)

Approved | 85 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A vaudeville star has to leave her daughter with her dead husband's stuffy Boston parents while she makes a living. But when the daughter shows some talent, the mother become a stage mother... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Alice Brady, Maureen O'Sullivan, Franchot Tone, Phillips Holmes

Votes: 260

12. The Ship from Shanghai (1930)

Passed | 67 min | Action, Crime, Drama

On a yacht sailing from Shanghai to the United States, the sailors, led by the megalomaniac steward, revolt and take control.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, Carmel Myers, Holmes Herbert

Votes: 147

13. A Wicked Woman (1934)

Passed | 72 min | Drama, Romance

Naomi is almost to term with her fourth child when Ed decides to leave taking all their money and the oldest son Curtis. With the sheriff after him, he is in no mood to think of his family.... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Mady Christians, Jean Parker, Charles Bickford, Betty Furness

Votes: 228

14. The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1914)

Short, Drama

The eighteenth day of April, 1775, still lives in the hearts of all loyal Americans, as the birthday of our country. It was the day the first shots were fired against the British at ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Augustus Phillips, Carlton S. King, Harry Linson, Yale Benner

15. The Great Meadow (1931)

75 min | Drama, Romance, Western

Berk leaves Diony and their baby to hunt down his mother's murderer and is believed to be dead. Evan provides for them & marries Diony. Berk returns and challenges Evan to a fight but Diony will not be fought over "as if I'm not human".

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Eleanor Boardman, Lucille La Verne, Anita Louise

Votes: 153

16. Day of Reckoning (1933)

Passed | 69 min | Drama

In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with his hand in the company till. He is sent to a high-rise facility in LA. It seems the fellow... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Richard Dix, Madge Evans, Conway Tearle, Una Merkel

Votes: 278

17. The Washington Masquerade (1932)

Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance

US senator (Lionel Barrymore) falls in love with a young woman (Karen Morley), without realizing she's using him to back the lobbyist she works for.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley, Diane Sinclair, Nils Asther

Votes: 175

18. What Happened to Mary (II) (1912)

150 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The forerunner of all serials, "What Happened to Mary" was a series of 12 monthly one-reel episodes, each a complete entity in itself, revolving its immediate dramatic and melodramatic ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Mary Fuller, Marc McDermott, Charles Ogle, Barry O'Moore

Votes: 33

19. Twinkletoes (1926)

Passed | 85 min | Drama, Romance

"Twinkletoes" Minasi wants to be a great dancer like her deceased mother. Twink meets Chuck Lightfoot, a noted prizefighter, who falls in love with her at first sight. She tries to avoid ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Colleen Moore, Kenneth Harlan, Tully Marshall, Gladys Brockwell

Votes: 99

20. Kathleen Mavourneen (1919)

Passed | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Kathleen, the daughter of a poor tenant farmer, dreams of her wedding with her beloved Terrence. The dream is interrupted when the Squire of the estate takes an interest in Kathleen and ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Theda Bara, Edward O'Connor, Jennie Dickerson, Raymond McKee

Votes: 25

21. The Lights of New York (1922)

60 min | Drama

Two distinct stories of New York life are told in this film. In the first, Daniel, a foundling, is given a home by Robert Reid, an East Side pawnbroker. He is a good boy but is led astray ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Clarence Nordstrom, Margaret Seddon, Frank Currier, Florence Short

22. The Valley of the Giants (1927)

70 min | Drama, Romance

Bryce Cardigan struggles to protect his Redwood inheritance from a railroad-owner, who is also the guardian of the woman Bryce loves.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon, Arthur Stone, George Fawcett

Votes: 17

23. So Big (1924)

90 min | Drama

Following the death of Selena's father, she's offered a job as a teacher in a small town, and a new chapter of her life begins.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Colleen Moore, Joseph De Grasse, John Bowers, Ben Lyon

Votes: 27

24. The Sixteenth Wife (1917)

50 min | Comedy, Drama

Though the Turk has 15 wives, he yearns to make our heroine his 16th.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Peggy Hyland, Marc McDermott, George J. Forth, Templar Saxe

25. Vanity Fair (1915)

Drama

Becky, a child, is left an orphan by the death of her father and is consigned to the tender mercies of the Misses Pinkertons, who conduct a fashionable school for girls. Becky feels keenly ... See full summary »

Directors: Charles Brabin, Eugene Nowland | Stars: Minnie Maddern Fiske, Shirley Mason, Yale Benner, Helen Fulton

Votes: 23

26. Stella Maris (1925)

70 min | Drama

Stella Maris, the crippled daughter of an aristocratic couple, is brought up in tender solicitude, living in a castle midst gardens and rustic walks. Her constant companions are Walter ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Mary Philbin, Elliott Dexter, Gladys Brockwell, Jason Robards Sr.

Votes: 19

27. Burning Daylight (1928)

Passed | 72 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An Alaskan real estate tycoon who's visiting San Francisco loses his fortune to a group of investment sharks.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon, Arthur Stone, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Votes: 68

28. Mismates (1926)

70 min | Drama

"Mismates" is the story of a wealthy youth who, against his mother's wishes, marries a poor girl and is disowned. At first determined to support himself and his wife, he soon craves the ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Doris Kenyon, Warner Baxter, May Allison, Philo McCullough

29. The Whip (1928)

70 min | Drama

Lord Brancaster, a decent and upright British nobleman, loses his memory in an accident. While in this amnesiac condition, he becomes involved with the training of a horse, the Whip, for ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Ralph Forbes, Anna Q. Nilsson, Lowell Sherman

30. Driven (1923)

60 min | Crime, Drama

Essie, a mountain girl, moves in with a family of neighboring bootleggers when her father, also a bootlegger, is killed by federal agents. She falls in love with Tom, one of the family's ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Emily Fitzroy, Burr McIntosh, Charles Emmett Mack, George Bancroft

31. The Poor Rich Man (1918)

50 min | Comedy, Drama, Western

The son of millionaire James Carter, Vantyne deliberately shuns work, which sickens his father, he decides to test his son's ability to become self-sufficient. Carter, Sr. has his lawyer ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne, Stuart Holmes, Sally Crute

32. The Man Who Disappeared (1914)

Thriller

Episode 1: "The Black Mask" John Perriton was unmistakably a good fellow. He was never one to spoil a party with a long face and an absence of joviality, nor was he at all likely to break ... See full synopsis »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Marc McDermott, Barry O'Moore, Miriam Nesbitt, Marjorie Ellison

33. The Woman Hater (1915)

Short, Drama

Jack Warder, woman-hater, is kidnapped by his friend, Dick Wainwright, and taken on a yacht cruise where Mabel Willing makes the bashful bachelor miserable. As time passes he learns to care... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Edna Mayo, Bryant Washburn, Charles Brabin

34. The Raven (1915)

Not Rated | 57 min | Biography, Drama

Edgar Allan Poe, while at college, incurs many debts and is sent home in disgrace. He is ordered from the house by his father. Shortly after, he marries, and tries to make a living by ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Warda Howard, Ernest Maupain, Eleanor Thompson

Votes: 126

35. A Will and a Way (1913)

Short, Drama

Being the eighth story of "What Happened to Mary." In this picture we see Mary as a public stenographer. Mr. Foster, a lawyer, has her write a letter to Abraham Darrow, stating that a new ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Mary Fuller, William Wadsworth, Richard Ridgely, Mrs. William Bechtel

36. Thou Shalt Not (1919)

60 min | Drama

Ruth, the belle of Bedford village in New England, is loved by the minister, but she becomes infatuated with Alec Peters, the brakeman on the train which she rides to school. After her ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Evelyn Nesbit, Ned Burton, Florida Kingsley, Gladden James

37. The Antique Brooch (1914)

23 min | Crime, Drama, Short

A Lord's disowned nephew takes the blame when his cousin steals a brooch.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Marc McDermott, Miriam Nesbitt, Douglas Imbert, Kathleen Russell

38. The Secret Kingdom (1917)

Adventure, Romance, Thriller

Episode 1: "Land of the Intrigue" Taking advantage of his monarch's lack of funds. Prime Minister Simond of Alania, who secretly aspires to the throne, induces him to pass an obnoxious tax ... See full summary »

Directors: Charles Brabin, Theodore Marston | Stars: Charles Richman, Dorothy Kelly, Joseph Kilgour, Arline Pretty

Votes: 21

39. The Usurer's Grip (1912)

15 min | Short, Crime, Drama

A young clerk, a small salary, a wife and child, the child long ill then the doctor's bill and other bills and debts accumulate; the advertisement in the news about borrowing money on your ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Walter Edwin, Gertrude McCoy, Edna May Weick, Charles Ogle

Votes: 71

40. An Unsullied Shield (1913)

Not Rated | 17 min | Drama, Short

While their degenerate descendant sleeps, ancestral portraits come alive and admonish him.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Wadsworth Harris, Marc McDermott, Margery Bonney Erskine, Mabel Trunnelle

Votes: 104

41. The Ambassador's Daughter (1913)

Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Drama

The theft of an important document from the ambassador's residence leads his daughter to investigate the crime.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Miriam Nesbitt, George Lessey, Robert Brower, Marc McDermott

Votes: 91

42. The Price of Fame (1916)

50 min | Drama

They were twins, and the passing years had in the sifting melting-pot of life. William looms brilliantly, a success, while John is deep in the discouraging shadows, a failure. Another span ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Marc McDermott, Naomi Childers, L. Rogers Lytton, Logan Paul

43. Footfalls (1921)

80 min | Crime, Mystery

Hiram Scudder is a blind cobbler, with a son named Tommy. Hiram passes the time listening for the footfalls of passersby, correctly identifying who they are. His son Tommy is in love with ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Tyrone Power Sr., Tom Douglas, Estelle Taylor, Gladden James

44. La belle Russe (1919)

60 min | Drama, Romance

Geraldine and Beatrice are the twin daughters of Hatherly, a Church of England parson in a small village. Beatrice, the more impulsive and frivolous of the two, elopes to London with a ... See full synopsis »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Theda Bara, Warburton Gamble, Marian Stewart, Robert Lee Keeling

45. A Pair of Cupids (1918)

50 min | Comedy, Drama

Henry Burgess favors a match between his ward, Virginia Parke, and his nephew, Peter Warburton, but she is only interested in her poodle, Frou Frou, and Peter devotes all of his attention ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne, Charles Sutton, Gerald Griffin

46. Hope, a Red Cross Seal Story (1912)

14 min | Drama, Short

When a Red Cross worker asks a prominent small-town banker for a donation to help fight tuberculosis the banker scoffs, saying that TB is a disease of poor people in the cities, not the ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: George Lessey, Gertrude McCoy, William West, Robert Brower

Votes: 69

47. The Long Way (1914)

Short, Drama

Eva Leven was the weaker of the two sisters, and though in love with Belhaven, she had refused him repeatedly, and finally married Johnstone Astry, a young millionaire. Had matters halted ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Miriam Nesbitt, Mabel Trunnelle, Marc McDermott, Duncan McRae

48. The Price of the Necklace (1914)

Short, Drama

Henry Lyons was one of the country's greatest men of business. When he beckoned with his finger, presidents of banks and railroads listened attentively to the words which were to follow, ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Charles Ogle, Miriam Nesbitt, Charles Sutton, Richard Neill

49. Babette (1917)

50 min | Drama

Babette is living with her father, the jailer and hangman in the castle-jail at La Fourche. Raveau, a criminal, comes to the castle and meets her. Her sweetness and purity cause him to ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Marc McDermott, Peggy Hyland, Templar Saxe, William R. Dunn

50. The Broadway Peacock (1922)

50 min | Drama

A cabaret hostess falls for a young aristocrat, ignoring her friend's warning that the affair will end in heartache.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Pearl White, Joseph Striker, Doris Eaton, Harry Southard