Charles Brabin was born on April 17, 1882 in Liverpool, England. He was a director and writer, known for Die Maske des Fu-Manchu (1932), The Beast of the City (1932) and Vollblut (1931). He was married to Theda Bara and Susette Mosher. He died on November 3, 1957 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
In the very early 1920s, he married the notorious screen vamp Theda Bara who was, in reality, quite the opposite of her public image. It was regarded as one of Hollywood's most successful director-star marriages. It ended in the mid-1950s when she succumbed to cancer. He passed away less than three years later. Prolific English-born director of silent films, in America from the early 1900s. Began with the Edison company in New Jersey as an actor in 1908. He worked as a director of short films from 1911-15, graduating to features. Highly regarded in the 1920s, though fired from the set of Ben Hur (1925), which was being filmed in Italy, and replaced by Fred Niblo after budgetary excesses and the deaths of several Italian extras during filming. Under contract with MGM, 1929-34. Possibly his best sound picture was Die Maske des Fu-Manchu (1932), but a close second would have to be the gritty, violent The Beast of the City (1932), the kind of tough, gun-blasting gangster picture one would expect from Warners, not the genteel MGM. Fired again while directing Der Dämon Rußlands - Rasputin (1932) after clashing with the fiery Barrymores. Retired two years later.
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Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.