Direction: Herbert Brenon
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Herbert Brenon. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
1928 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Lon Chaney · Bernard Siegel · Loretta Young · Cissy Fitzgerald
Plot A professional clown and a self-indulgent count learn to help each other with their problems, but then become romantic rivals.
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127 votes
7.2
127 votes
Peter Pan
1924 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Betty Bronson · Mary Brian · Jack Murphy · Philipe de Lacy
6.7
283 votes
6.7
283 votes
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1913 · Movie · 26 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast King Baggot · Jane Gail · Matt Snyder · Howard Crampton
Plot Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
6.1
93 votes
6.1
93 votes
Beau ideal
1931 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Ralph Forbes · Loretta Young · Irene Rich · Lester Vail
Plot In England, Otis Madison learns from the girl that he loves, Isobel Brandon, that the man she loves is his best friend, John Geste, and so there is nothing that...
5.0
26 votes
5.0
26 votes
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
1930 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Chester Morris · Betty Compson · Alec B. Francis · Gustav von Seyffertitz
Plot Grischa Paprotkin is a simple sergeant in the Russian Army, who has been captured by the Germans during World War I, and who sits in a Prisoner-of-war camp camp. When...
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A Daughter of the Gods
1916 · Movie · 180 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Annette Kellerman · Hal De Forest · Marcelle Hontabat · William E. Shay
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Beau Geste
1926 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Ronald Colman · Neil Hamilton · Ralph Forbes · Alice Joyce
Plot Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from...
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Sorrell and Son
1927 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast H.B. Warner · Anna Q. Nilsson · Mickey McBan · Carmel Myers
Plot Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts husband and child in the boy's infancy. Sorrell loses a promising job offer and is...
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The Sign on the Door
1921 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Norma Talmadge · Charles Richman · Lew Cody · David Proctor
Plot Ann Hunniwell, innocently accompanying Frank Devereaux, her employer's son, to a questionable New York cafe, is arrested in a raid and is photographed by a newspaperman, although Devereaux manages to...
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The Lone Wolf
1917 · Movie · min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Bert Lytell · Hazel Dawn · Cornish Beck · Stephen Grattan
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The Great Gatsby
1926 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Warner Baxter · Lois Wilson · Neil Hamilton · Georgia Hale
Plot Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbour, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is...
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Girl of the Rio
1932 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Dolores del Rio · Leo Carrillo · Norman Foster · Stanley Fields
Plot Girl of the Rio finds the gorgeous Dolores del Rio as a cabaret dancer in the employment of slick gambler, Leo Carrillo, who has his eye on the beauty. When...
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The Side Show of Life
1927 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Ernest Torrence · Anna Q. Nilsson · Louise Lagrange · Maurice de Canonge
Plot Andrew Lackaday, an English circus clown brought up in France, rises to the rank of brigadier general during the war. Returning to his old profession as a juggler, he finds...
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The Spanish Dancer
1923 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Pola Negri · Antonio Moreno · Wallace Beery · Kathlyn Williams
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The Flying Squad
1940 · Movie · 64 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Sebastian Shaw · Phyllis Brooks · Jack Hawkins · Basil Radford
Plot Dedicated young Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of Mark McGill, murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London. Hindering his investigation is pretty Ann Perryman who...
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Dancing Mothers
1926 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Alice Joyce · Norman Trevor · Clara Bow · Conway Tearle
Plot Young girl becomes a "flapper", defying her parents and the community.
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The Rescue
1929 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Ronald Colman · Lili Damita · Alfred Hickman · Theodore von Eltz
Plot The English adventurer Tom Lingard gets involved with islanders on a South Seas island, and he also gets involved with Lady Edith and Mr. Travers, a sailing English couple. Tom...
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Black Eyes
1939 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Otto Kruger · Mary Maguire · Walter Rilla · John Wood
Plot A waiter in Moscow, pre-1914, leads his daughter into thinking he is prosperous businessman.
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Transgression
1931 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Kay Francis · Paul Cavanagh · Ricardo Cortez · Nance O'Neil
Plot Elsie sets out for a holiday in Paris and develops an affair while her husband spends a year working in India.
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A Kiss for Cinderella
1925 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Betty Bronson · Esther Ralston · Henry Vibart · Dorothy Cumming
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