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Charles Brabin
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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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As director
A Wicked Woman
The Secret of Madame Blanche
Stage Mother
Day of Reckoning
The Mask of Fu Manchu
The Beast of the City
New Morals for Old
The Washington Masquerade
The Great Meadow
Sporting Blood
The Ship from Shanghai
Call of the Flesh
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Burning Daylight
The Whip
Framed
The Valley of the Giants
Hard-Boiled Haggerty
Mismates
Twinkletoes
Stella Maris
So Big
Driven
Six Days
The Lights of New York
The Broadway Peacock
Footfalls
While New York Sleeps
Blind Wives
La belle Russe