List of the best Charles Brabin movies: The Bridge of San Luis Rey(1929), So Big(1924), The Beast of the City(1932), The Valley of the Giants(1927), The Secret of Madame Blanche(1933), The Mask of Fu Manchu(1932), Stage Mother(1933), Sporting Blood(1931), Call of the Flesh(1930), New Morals for Old(1932) ... ...
Drama
USA
1929
86 Minutes
Director
Lili Damita Ernest Torrence Raquel Torres Don Alvarado Duncan Renaldo Henry B. Walthall Michael Vavitch Emily Fitzroy
A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths. A priest sets out to find out more about the life of each of the victims.
Drama
USA
1924
90 Minutes
Director
Colleen Moore Joseph De Grasse John Bowers Ben Lyon Wallace Beery Gladys Brockwell Jean Hersholt Charlotte Merriam Dot Farley Ford Sterling Frankie Darro
mother farmer son husband married woman teacher melodramatic emotional illinois farm high school mother/son relationship farming struggle affair determination poverty rise sacrifice transformation
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Director
Walter Huston Jean Harlow Wallace Ford Jean Hersholt Dorothy Peterson Tully Marshall John Miljan Emmett Corrigan Warner Richmond Sandy Roth J. Carrol Naish
police chief detective mobster femme fatale wife district attorney brutal gritty wild chicago police station nightclub street organized crime police corruption sibling rivalry deception prohibition violence temptation
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it.
Drama
USA
1927
65 Minutes
Director
Milton Sills Doris Kenyon Arthur Stone George Fawcett Paul Hurst Charles Sellon Yola d'Avril Phil Brady
Bryce Cardigan struggles to protect his Redwood inheritance from a railroad-owner, who is also the guardian of the woman Bryce loves.
Drama
USA
1933
85 Minutes
Director
Irene Dunne Lionel Atwill Phillips Holmes Una Merkel Douglas Walton C. Henry Gordon Jean Parker Mitchell Lewis
Showgirl Sally meets young playboy Leonard St. John; they fall in love and are secretly married. When Leonard's father discovers this he sets out to break them apart, and following a bitter... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1932
72 Minutes
Director
Boris Karloff Lewis Stone Karen Morley Myrna Loy Charles Starrett Jean Hersholt Lawrence Grant David Torrence
villain daughter commander doctor explorer archaeologist engaging campy gobi desert england expedition schemes showdown good versus evil father/daughter relationship rivalry quest rescue 1930s
(1932 Chesterfield) - John Darrow, Sarah Padden, Montagu Love, Claudia Dell. This is kind of a poverty row version of Madame X. Padden owns a notorious big-city speakeasy. When her long ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
85 Minutes
Director
Alice Brady Maureen O'Sullivan Franchot Tone Phillips Holmes Ted Healy Russell Hardie C. Henry Gordon Alan Edwards Ben Alexander
stage mother stage manager lover daughter actress artist melodramatic touching family home broadway theater boston new york city hospital boat mother/daughter relationship family dysfunction ambition deception show business blackmail
A vaudeville star has to leave her daughter with her dead husband's stuffy Boston parents while she makes a living. But when the daughter shows some talent, the mother become a stage mother... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1931
83 Minutes
Director
Clark Gable Ernest Torrence Madge Evans Lew Cody Marie Prevost J. Farrell MacDonald
ranch hand horse owner wife gambler card dealer girlfriend engaging amusing moving horse track ranch gambling house countryside horse racing racketeering sabotage reunion murder wager quest
The saga of thoroughbred Tommy Boy, born in a rain puddle, and his various owners as he evolves into a a champion stakes horse.
Musical
USA
1930
100 Minutes
Director
Ramon Novarro Dorothy Jordan Ernest Torrence Nance O'Neil Renée Adorée Mathilde Comont Russell Hopton
From a poor working class background, Juan de Dios is a cantina performer in Seville, singing and dancing with his partner Lola. They have a contentious professional and personal ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1932
74 Minutes
Director
Robert Young Margaret Perry Lewis Stone Laura Hope Crews Myrna Loy David Newell Jean Hersholt Ruth Selwyn Kathryn Crawford Louise Closser Hale Mitchell Lewis
A single mother struggles to raise her son and daughter,who find it difficult to listen to her life lessons.they forge their own lives,and make their own mistakes as a result.