Charles Brabin

Charles J. Brabin (April 17, 1882 – November 3, 1957) was an American film director and screenwriter.

Charles Brabin
Lili Damita, Charles Brabin, and Merritt B. Gerstad on the set of The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929) Note the cleavage of the French actress, which later would not be allowed, under the Motion Picture Production Code
Born(1882-04-17)April 17, 1882
Liverpool, England
DiedNovember 3, 1957(1957-11-03) (aged 75)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Susan Jane Mosher
(m. 1913; div. 1920)

Theda Bara
(m. 1921; d. 1955)
Theda Bara and Charles Brabin (1922)

Biography

Born in Liverpool, England, he was educated at St. Francis Xavier College. Brabin sailed to New York City in the early 1900s and, while holding down odd jobs there, he tried his hand as a stage actor. He joined the Edison Manufacturing Company around 1908, first acting, later writing and directing. He was active during the silent era, then pursued a short-lived career in talkies. His last film was A Wicked Woman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1934.

Brabin married his first wife socialite Susan "Susette" Jane Mosher, a silent movie actress and daughter of Edwin Howard Mosher and Jenny Slater Mosher of New York City. They wed December 14, 1913, at Bedford Congregational Church in the Bronx, shortly after Brabin returned from a trip to England and Europe. Brabin's best friend, screen actor Marc MacDermott, served as best man.[1] Charles and Susan Brabin remained married for seven years.

Brabin later wed silent-film "vamp" star Theda Bara July 2, 1921, remaining married to her until her death from abdominal cancer on April 7, 1955.

Partial filmography

Archive

Outtakes from Brabin's 1925 version of Stella Maris survive and were preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016. [2]

References
  1. "The Moving Picture World," Volume 18, Page 1528, Issues 8-13
  2. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.


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