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Charles Brabin

Charles Brabin

Director and writer · Died November 3, 1957, aged 75 · Liverpool, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Brabin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 17, 1882
Died
November 3, 1957 (aged 75)
From
Liverpool, England, UK
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 65 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 28% in 30 days

What are Charles Brabin's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
37%
Bonds
23%
Survival
23%
Power
17%
Family bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 6

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Melancholic
5
Dread
3
Bittersweet
1
Thrilling
1
Other
3

How their films linger

Haunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Charles Brabin's films?

As of October 24, 2026, none of Charles Brabin's 6 MovieCove titles is streaming on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Charles Brabin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted.

Filmography

65 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

  • A Wicked Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • Day of Reckoning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director

  • Stage Mother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director

  • The Secret of Madame Blanche(1933)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Mask of Fu Manchu(1932)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Washington Masquerade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • New Morals for Old (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • The Beast of the City(1932)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Rasputin and the Empress(1932)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Sporting Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Director · Screenplay

  • The Great Meadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Director · Writer

  • Call of the Flesh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director

  • The Ship from Shanghai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director

  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Director

  • The Whip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director

  • Burning Daylight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director

  • The Valley of the Giants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Director

  • Hard-Boiled Haggerty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Director

  • Framed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Director

  • Twinkletoes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Director

  • Mismates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Director

  • Stella Maris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Director · Writer

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

    Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • So Big (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Director

  • Six Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Director

  • Driven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Director

  • The Lights of New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

  • The Broadway Peacock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Director

  • Footfalls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Director · Writer

  • Blind Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director · Writer

  • While New York Sleeps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director · Writer

  • Thou Shalt Not (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Director · Writer

  • La belle Russe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Director · Scenario Writer · Screenplay

  • Kathleen Mavourneen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Thou Shalt Not (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Director

  • The Poor Rich Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Director

  • Buchanan's Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Director

  • His Bonded Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Director

  • A Pair of Cupids (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Director

  • Social Quicksands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Director

  • Breakers Ahead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Director · Writer

  • Red, White and Blue Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Director

  • Persuasive Peggy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Director · Writer

  • The Adopted Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Director

  • Mary Jane's Pa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Director

  • The Sixteenth Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Director

  • Babette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Director

  • The Secret Kingdom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Director

  • The Price of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Director · Writer

  • The Higher Destiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Director

  • That Sort (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Director · Scenario Writer

  • The Raven(1915)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Vanity Fair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Director

  • The House of the Lost Court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Director

  • The President’s Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Director

  • The Man Who Disappeared (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Director

  • The Ambassador's Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • An Unsullied Shield (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • His Mother's Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • Tim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • Hope - A Red Cross Seal Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • A Soldier's Duty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Usurer's Grip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • What Happened to Mary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Awakening of John Bond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 63 titles from 1911 to 1934.

Highest rated

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

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

The Beast of the City (1932)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing63 of 63: 48 only directing, 15 with another roleWriting15 of 63: 0 only writing, 15 with another role

63 titles, 15 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 15 of them.

By decade

1910s34 · crew1920s17 · crew1930s12 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Charles Brabin's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 6 titles divides audiences: 3 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed1

Most loved · director

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

Midcredits 93rd · 82% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 67/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Charles Brabin work with?

People who share at least 2 of Charles Brabin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; William Axt shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers

Producers