Herbert Brenon

Director

About

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Also Known As
Herbert C Brenon
Birth Place
Dublin, IE
Born
January 13, 1880
Died
June 21, 1958
Cause of Death
Heart Ailment

Filmography

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The Flying Squad (1940)
Director
Black Eyes (1939)
Director
Housemaster (1938)
Director
Yellow Sands (1938)
Director
The Dominant Sex (1937)
Director
Spring Handicap (1937)
Director

Photos & Videos

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Laugh, Clown, Laugh - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
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Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) -- (Movie Clip) Child Of The Road
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Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) -- (Movie Clip) The Great Flik!

Family & Companions

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Helen Oberg
Wife

Biography

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

The Flying Squad (1940)
Director
Black Eyes (1939)
Director
Housemaster (1938)
Director
Yellow Sands (1938)
Director
The Dominant Sex (1937)
Director
Spring Handicap (1937)
Director
Living Dangerously (1936)
Director
Someone at the Door (1936)
Director
Royal Cavalcade (1935)
Director
Honours Easy (1935)
Director
Wine, Women and Song (1933)
Director
Girl of the Rio (1932)
Director
Beau Ideal (1931)
Director
Transgression (1931)
Director
Lummox (1930)
Director
The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930)
Director
The Rescue (1929)
Director
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
Director
Sorrell and Son (1927)
Director
God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1927)
Director
The Telephone Girl (1927)
Director
The Song and Dance Man (1926)
Director
A Kiss for Cinderella (1926)
Director
Beau Geste (1926)
Director
Dancing Mothers (1926)
Director
The Great Gatsby (1926)
Director
The Little French Girl (1925)
Director
The Street of Forgotten Men (1925)
Director
Shadows of Paris (1924)
Director
The Alaskan (1924)
Director
The Breaking Point (1924)
Director
Peter Pan (1924)
Director
The Side Show of Life (1924)
Director
The Spanish Dancer (1923)
Director
The Custard Cup (1923)
Director
The Woman With Four Faces (1923)
Director
The Rustle of Silk (1923)
Director
Any Wife (1922)
Director
Moonshine Valley (1922)
Director
Shackles of Gold (1922)
Director
A Stage Romance (1922)
Director
The Sign on the Door (1921)
Director
The Wonderful Thing (1921)
Director
The Passion Flower (1921)
Director
Twelve-Ten (1919)
Director
A Sinlesss Sinner (1919)
Director
The Fall of the Romanoffs (1918)
Director
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918)
Director
Empty Pockets (1918)
Director
Victory and Peace (1918)
Director
The Lone Wolf (1917)
Director
The Eternal Sin (1917)
Director
A Daughter of the Gods (1916)
Director
War Brides (1916)
Director
The Two Orphans (1915)
Director
Sin (1915)
Director
The Clemenceau Case (1915)
Director
The Heart of Maryland (1915)
Director
Kreutzer Sonata (1915)
Director
The Soul of Broadway (1915)
Director
Absinthe (1914)
Director
Neptune's Daughter (1914)
Director
Ivanhoe (1913)
Director
The Sea Wolf (1907)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

The Two Orphans (1915)
Pierre
The Heart of Maryland (1915)
Lloyd Calvert
Neptune's Daughter (1914)
Roador the Wolf
Ivanhoe (1913)
Isaac of York

Writer (Feature Film)

Sorrell and Son (1927)
Scen
Beau Geste (1926)
Adaptation
Moonshine Valley (1922)
Scen
The Sign on the Door (1921)
Adaptation
The Wonderful Thing (1921)
Scen
The Passion Flower (1921)
Adaptation
The Eternal Sin (1917)
Adaptation
War Brides (1916)
Scen
A Daughter of the Gods (1916)
Story
The Ruling Passion (1916)
Scen
The Marble Heart (1916)
Scen
A Daughter of the Gods (1916)
Scen
The Two Orphans (1915)
Adaptation
The Soul of Broadway (1915)
Scen
Sin (1915)
Scen
Kreutzer Sonata (1915)
Scen
The Clemenceau Case (1915)
Scen

Producer (Feature Film)

Oliver Twist (1933)
Supervisor
The Telephone Girl (1927)
Producer
The Side Show of Life (1924)
Producer
The Spanish Dancer (1923)
Producer
The Fall of the Romanoffs (1918)
Presented By
Empty Pockets (1918)
Producer
The Lone Wolf (1917)
Producer
War Brides (1916)
Producer
The Ruling Passion (1916)
Supervisor
War Brides (1916)
Presented By
The Marble Heart (1916)
Supervisor

Production Companies (Feature Film)

Girl of the Rio (1932)
Company
Transgression (1931)
Company
Beau Ideal (1931)
Company
Nuit d'Espagne (1931)
Company

Writer (Short)

The Dream (1911)
Writer (Uncredited)

Life Events

1912

First film as director

Photo Collections

 
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Laugh, Clown, Laugh - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
Here are a few photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of MGM's Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928), starring Lon Chaney and directed by Herbert Brenon.

Videos

Movie Clip

Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) -- (Movie Clip) Child Of The Road Struggling to amuse a foundling girl, itinerant Italian clown Tito (Lon Chaney) persuades partner Simon (Bernard Siegel) to keep her by naming her "Simonetta," who grows up to 14-year-old Loretta Young, early in MGM's Laugh, Clown, Laugh, 1928.
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) -- (Movie Clip) The Great Flik! Tito (Lon Chaney), as "Flik" performs a wicked stunt, Simon (Bernard Siegel) in support, only to get delirious when his beloved Simonetta (Loretta Young) appears to have accepted a backstage proposal from Luigi (Nils Asther), in MGM's Laugh, Clown, Laugh, 1928.

Family

Roma Brenon
Sister
Actor.
Herbert Cyril Brenon
Son
Physician. Survived him.

Companions

Helen Oberg
Wife

Bibliography

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