In a little Virginia village in 1777, Daniel Boone comes and talks about Kentucky. Read More »
Tag Archives: Charles Brabin
The Ship from Shanghai (1930) Charles Brabin, Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, Carmel Myers
A yachting party of rich socialites sailing from Shanghai falls into the hand of a mutineering crew Read More »
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) Fred Niblo, Charles Brabin, Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults Read More »
The Beast of the City (1932) Charles Brabin, Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is fighting gangster Sam Belmonte. Read More »
The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933) Charles Brabin, Irene Dunne, Lionel Atwill, Phillips Holmes, Drama, History, Romance
Showgirl Sally meets young playboy Leonard St. John; they fall in love and are secretly married. Read More »
The Washington Masquerade (1932) Charles Brabin, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley, Diane Sinclair, Drama, Romance
Perhaps most noteworthy for the first onscreen performance by future Academy Award winner Hattie McDaniel, this politcal melodrama from director Charles Brabin stars Lionel Barrymore as Jefferson Keane Read More »
Day of Reckoning (1933) Charles Brabin, Richard Dix, Madge Evans, Conway Tearle, Drama
In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with his hand in the company till. Read More »
Stage Mother (1933) Charles Brabin, Alice Brady, Maureen O’Sullivan, Franchot Tone, Drama, Musical, Romance
A vaudeville star has to leave her daughter with her dead husband’s stuffy Boston parents while she makes a living. Read More »
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) Charles Brabin, Charles Vidor, Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Englishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan. They have to get there fast, as the evil genius Dr. Fu Manchu is also searching Read More »