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Herbert Brenon, 1916

The mausoleum of Herbert Brenon in Woodlawn Cemetery

Herbert Brenon (January 13, 1880 – June 21, 1958) was a film director during the era of silent movies through the 1930s. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and was educated at St Paul's School and at King's College London. Before becoming a director, he performed in vaudeville acts with his wife, Helen Oberg.

Some of his more noteworthy films were the first movie adaptations of Peter Pan (1924) and Beau Geste (1926), Sorrell and Son (1927) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in the 1st Academy Awards, Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) with Lon Chaney, Sr., and The Flying Squad (1940), his last. He died in Los Angeles, California and was interred in a private mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY.

Selected filmography

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913) with King Baggot
• Neptune's Daughter (1914)
• The Kreutzer Sonata (1915) with Theda Bara
• The Clemenceau Case (1915) with Theda Bara
• The Two Orphans (1915) with Theda Bara
• Sin (1915) with Theda Bara
• A Daughter of the Gods (1916)
• Moonshine Valley (1922)
• The Spanish Dancer (1923) with Pola Negri and Wallace Beery
• Peter Pan (1924)
• The Great Gatsby (1926) with Warner Baxter
• Beau Geste (1926) with Ronald Colman
• Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) with Lon Chaney and Loretta Young
• The Rescue (1929) with Ronald Colman and Lily Damita
• The Flying Squad

External links

• Herbert Brenon at the Internet Movie Database