Herbert Brenon Movies

  • 1918
    Victory and Peace

    Victory and Peace

    Victory and Peace

    01918HD

    'Nurse saves captain from invading Germans and is saved herself when he leads counter-attack.' (British Film Catalogue)

    Victory and Peace
  • 1915
    The Clemenceau Case

    The Clemenceau Case

    The Clemenceau Case

    11915HD

    This was Theda Bara's third starring film, and the first which she carried all on her own, with no other name actors in the cast. Based on the...

    The Clemenceau Case
  • 1923
    The Woman with Four Faces

    The Woman with Four Faces

    The Woman with Four Faces

    01923HD

    The woman with four faces is a movie about a woman who happens to be both a thief and a con artist and who cannot be arrested because she is faceless.

    The Woman with Four Faces
  • 1926
    The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    01926HD

    Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor,...

    The Great Gatsby
  • 1916
    The Marble Heart

    The Marble Heart

    The Marble Heart

    11916HD

    Therese Roger, daughter of a West Indian planter, whose parents are murdered while she is a baby, becomes the adopted daughter of her aunt, Madame...

    The Marble Heart
  • 1927
    Sorrell and Son

    Sorrell and Son

    Sorrell and Son

    5.51927HD

    Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts husband and child in the boy's infancy. Sorrell loses a...

    Sorrell and Son
  • 1925
    The Little French Girl

    The Little French Girl

    The Little French Girl

    01925HD

    Madame Vervier, a sophisticated woman, sends her daughter Alix to live with Owen Bradley's parents in London.

    The Little French Girl
  • 1938
    Housemaster

    Housemaster

    Housemaster

    01938HD

    Three girls arrive at a stuffy English public school and cause all sorts of problems with both the staff and pupils.

    Housemaster
  • 1919
    Beatrice

    Beatrice

    Beatrice

    01919HD

    It tells the story of Dante Alighieri's love to Beatrice Portinari, loosely based on Dante's poetry.

    Beatrice
  • 1927
    The Telephone Girl

    The Telephone Girl

    The Telephone Girl

    01927HD

    Telephone operator Kitty O'Brien can't help but get involved in the problems of her customers. Right now she is concerning herself with the...

    The Telephone Girl
  • 1914
    Absinthe

    Absinthe

    Absinthe

    01914HD

    Melodrama about an artist who finds out in time about the personal and social damage that his alcohol addiction causes.

    Absinthe
  • 1924
    Shadows of Paris

    Shadows of Paris

    Shadows of Paris

    01924HD

    A young woman rises from an apache dancer to become a wealthy woman in post-WW1 Paris.

    Shadows of Paris
  • 1914
    The Great Universal Mystery

    The Great Universal Mystery

    The Great Universal Mystery

    01914HD

    A promotional one-reel film promoting the stars of Universal Pictures.

    The Great Universal Mystery
  • 1911
    The Dream

    The Dream

    The Dream

    5.51911HD

    A loutish husband neglects his patient, loving wife to enjoy a night on the town. When he comes home drunk and irritable, he mistreats her. Then he...

    The Dream
  • 1940
    The Flying Squad

    The Flying Squad

    The Flying Squad

    61940HD

    Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London.

    The Flying Squad
  • 1912
    Shamus O'Brien

    Shamus O'Brien

    Shamus O'Brien

    01912HD

    Based on JS Le Fanu's 1850 poem "Shamus O'Brien." Copies of this short film survive at the Library of Congress and British Film Institute.

    Shamus O'Brien
  • 1924
    The Breaking Point

    The Breaking Point

    The Breaking Point

    01924HD

    Assuming that he has killed the husband of the woman he also loves, Judson Clark flees through a blizzard to a lonely cabin, where he nearly dies....

    The Breaking Point
  • 1924
    The Alaskan

    The Alaskan

    The Alaskan

    01924HD

    An Alaskan defies robber barons intent on corrupting the new state.

    The Alaskan
  • 1921
    The Passion Flower

    The Passion Flower

    The Passion Flower

    01921HD

    A 1921 film directed by Herbert Brenon.

    The Passion Flower
  • 1915
    Kreutzer Sonata

    Kreutzer Sonata

    Kreutzer Sonata

    3.51915HD

    Based -- loosely -- on Leo Tolstoy, this film starred feted stage star Nance O'Neil but is rather better remembered as Theda Bara's follow-up to the...

    Kreutzer Sonata