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]] Herbert Brenon (January 13, 1880 - June 21, 1958) was a film director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
 during the era of silent movies through the 1930s. He was born in Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
, Ireland. Before becoming a director, he performed in vaudeville
Vaudeville

Vaudeville was a genre of a variety show prevalent on the theatre in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. It developed from many sources, including the concert saloon, minstrel show, freak shows, dime museums, and literary burlesque....
 acts with his wife, Helen Oberg. They had two children: Gerben (1908) and Stephen (1911)

Some of his more noteworthy films were the first movie adaptations of Peter Pan
Peter Pan (1924 film)

Peter Pan is a silent movie released in 1924 in film by Paramount Pictures, the first film adaptation of the play by J.M. Barrie. It was directed by Herbert Brenon and starred Betty Bronson as Peter Pan, Ernest Torrence as Captain Hook, Mary Brian as Wendy, and Virginia Browne Faire as Tinker Bell....
 (1924) and Beau Geste
Beau Geste (1926 film)

Beau Geste is a 1926 in film silent film, based on the Beau Geste by P. C. Wren. This version starred Ronald Colman as the title character....
 (1926), Sorrell and Son
Sorrell and Son

Sorrell and Son was a silent film released on December 2 1927 and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in the 1st Academy Awards the following year....
 (1927) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in the 1st Academy Awards
1st Academy Awards

The 1st Academy Awards were presented on May 16, 1929 at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Tickets cost $5 and fewer than 250 people attended....
, Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Laugh, Clown, Laugh

Laugh, Clown, Laugh was a 1928 in film silent film starring Lon Chaney, Sr. and Loretta Young. The movie was directed by Herbert Brenon and produced and released through MGM Studios....
 (1928) with Lon Chaney, Sr.
Lon Chaney, Sr.

Lon Chaney , nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an United States actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema....
, and The Flying Squad (1940), his last.






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]] Herbert Brenon (January 13, 1880 - June 21, 1958) was a film director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
 during the era of silent movies through the 1930s. He was born in Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
, Ireland. Before becoming a director, he performed in vaudeville
Vaudeville

Vaudeville was a genre of a variety show prevalent on the theatre in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. It developed from many sources, including the concert saloon, minstrel show, freak shows, dime museums, and literary burlesque....
 acts with his wife, Helen Oberg. They had two children: Gerben (1908) and Stephen (1911)

Some of his more noteworthy films were the first movie adaptations of Peter Pan
Peter Pan (1924 film)

Peter Pan is a silent movie released in 1924 in film by Paramount Pictures, the first film adaptation of the play by J.M. Barrie. It was directed by Herbert Brenon and starred Betty Bronson as Peter Pan, Ernest Torrence as Captain Hook, Mary Brian as Wendy, and Virginia Browne Faire as Tinker Bell....
 (1924) and Beau Geste
Beau Geste (1926 film)

Beau Geste is a 1926 in film silent film, based on the Beau Geste by P. C. Wren. This version starred Ronald Colman as the title character....
 (1926), Sorrell and Son
Sorrell and Son

Sorrell and Son was a silent film released on December 2 1927 and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in the 1st Academy Awards the following year....
 (1927) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in the 1st Academy Awards
1st Academy Awards

The 1st Academy Awards were presented on May 16, 1929 at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Tickets cost $5 and fewer than 250 people attended....
, Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Laugh, Clown, Laugh

Laugh, Clown, Laugh was a 1928 in film silent film starring Lon Chaney, Sr. and Loretta Young. The movie was directed by Herbert Brenon and produced and released through MGM Studios....
 (1928) with Lon Chaney, Sr.
Lon Chaney, Sr.

Lon Chaney , nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an United States actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema....
, and The Flying Squad (1940), his last. He died in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 and was interred in a private mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY.

Selected filmography

  • The Rescue
    The Rescue (1929 film)

    The Rescue is a 1929 in film romantic adventure film directed by Herbert Brenon, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. The screenplay was written by Elizabeth Meehan, based on novel by Joseph Conrad....
     (1929) with Ronald Colman
    Ronald Colman

    Ronald Colman was an England Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning actor....
     and Lily Damita
  • Laugh, Clown, Laugh
    Laugh, Clown, Laugh

    Laugh, Clown, Laugh was a 1928 in film silent film starring Lon Chaney, Sr. and Loretta Young. The movie was directed by Herbert Brenon and produced and released through MGM Studios....
     (1928) with Lon Chaney
    Lon Chaney, Sr.

    Lon Chaney , nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an United States actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema....
     and Loretta Young
    Loretta Young

    Loretta Young was an Academy Award, three time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe-winning American actress....
  • Beau Geste
    Beau Geste (1926 film)

    Beau Geste is a 1926 in film silent film, based on the Beau Geste by P. C. Wren. This version starred Ronald Colman as the title character....
     (1926
    1926 in film

    Events*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan . The Vitaphone system used multiple 33? rpm gramophone record developed by Bell Labs and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
    ) with Ronald Colman
  • The Great Gatsby
    The Great Gatsby (1926 film)

    The Great Gatsby is a silent film adaptation of the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was made by the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation and Paramount Pictures, directed by Herbert Brenon and produced by Jesse L....
     (1926) with Warner Baxter
    Warner Baxter

    Warner Leroy Baxter was an United States Academy Award-winning actor who is best known for his role as The Cisco Kid in In Old Arizona.Baxter was born in Columbus, Ohio, and moved to San Francisco, California with his widowed mother in 1898, when he was nine....
  • Peter Pan
    Peter Pan (1924 film)

    Peter Pan is a silent movie released in 1924 in film by Paramount Pictures, the first film adaptation of the play by J.M. Barrie. It was directed by Herbert Brenon and starred Betty Bronson as Peter Pan, Ernest Torrence as Captain Hook, Mary Brian as Wendy, and Virginia Browne Faire as Tinker Bell....
     (1924
    1924 in film

    Events* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...
    )
  • The Spanish Dancer
    The Spanish Dancer (1923 film)

    The Spanish Dancer is a 1923 in film costume epic starring Pola Negri as a gypsy fortune teller, Antonio Moreno as a romantic count, and Wallace Beery as the king of Spain....
     (1923
    1923 in film

    Events*April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm talking picture system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers....
    ) with Pola Negri
    Pola Negri

    Pola Negri was a Poland film actress who achieved notoriety as a femme fatale in silent films between 1910s and 1930s.Personal life...
     and Wallace Beery
    Wallace Beery

    Wallace Beery was an United States Academy Award-winning actor, arguably best known for his portrayal of Long John Silver in Treasure Island , who appeared in 200 movies over a 36-year span....
  • A Daughter of the Gods
    A Daughter of the Gods

    A Daughter of the Gods is a silent film notorious for featuring Annette Kellerman in the first ever complete nude scene by a major star which occurred during the waterfall sequence....
     (1916
    1916 in film

    The year 1916 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Sin
    Sin (1915 film)

    Sin is a 1915 in film silent film drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Theda Bara. The film is now considered to be lost film....
     (1915
    1915 in film

    The year 1915 in film involved some significant events....
    ) with Theda Bara
    Theda Bara

    Theda Bara , was an United States silent film actor. Bara was one of the most popular screen actresses of her era, and was one of cinema's earliest sex symbols....
  • The Two Orphans
    The Two Orphans (1915 film)

    The Two Orphans is a silent film drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Theda Bara. The film is now considered to be a lost film....
     (1915) with Theda Bara
  • The Clemenceau Case
    The Clemenceau Case

    The Clemenceau Case is a 1915 in film silent film drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Theda Bara. The film is now considered to be lost film....
     (1915) with Theda Bara
  • The Kreutzer Sonata
    The Kreutzer Sonata (film)

    The Kreutzer Sonata is a 1915 in film silent film drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Theda Bara. The film is now considered to be lost film....
     (1915) with Theda Bara
  • Neptune's Daughter
    Neptune's Daughter (1914 film)

    Neptune's Daughter is a silent movie featuring the first collaboration between actress Annette Kellerman and director Herbert Brenon. It was filmed by Universal on Bermuda, cost US$35,000 to make, and grossed one million dollars at the box office....
     (1914
    1914 in film

    The year 1914 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913 film)

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1913 in film horror film, directed by Herbert Brenon and Carl Laemmle, written by Brenon and produced by Laemmle....
     (1913
    1913 in film

    The year 1913 in film involved some significant events....
    ) with King Baggot
    King Baggot

    King Baggot was an United States motion picture actor, screenwriter and film director....


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