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    Herbert Brenon

    Irish film director and screenwriter

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  1. Herbert Brenon (born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon; 13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) was an Irish-born U.S. film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of silent films through 1940.

  2. Herbert Brenon was born on 13 January 1880 in Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]. He was a director and writer, known for Beau Geste (1926), Ivanhoe (1913) and Sorrell and Son (1927). He was married to Mrs. Herbert Brenon. He died on 21 June 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

    • January 1, 1
    • Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]
    • January 1, 1
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  3. Herbert Brenon is among the first great names behind the camera, a gifted director once spoken of alongside Cecil B. DeMille and D.W. Griffith. He is also among the early directors who can be considered an auteur, as he controlled many of the creative and technical components in crafting his pictures.

  4. Dec 16, 2023 · If Brenon’s name is unfamiliar, his films should not be. Besides Beau Geste (1926), which won the Photoplay Medal of Honor – one of the industry’s first awards recognizing the best picture of the year, Brenon also directed Peter Pan (1924), a smash hit if ever there was one, The Great Gatsby (1926), the first adaption of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s era-defining novel of the Jazz Age, and ...

  5. Herbert Brenon (1880–1958) was born in Dublin and emigrated to the US, where he became a prolific and influential filmmaker. He worked with many stars and genres, from silent epics to social dramas, and retired in Britain after sound films.

  6. Herbert Brenon. American, born Ireland 1880–1958. Works. 1 work online. Herbert Brenon. A Kiss for Cinderella. 1925. Exhibition. What Price Hollywood. Mar 30–Jun 15, 2019. MoMA. Licensing.

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  8. Aug 29, 2023 · Herbert Brenon. Milestone Films. 29 August 2023. This film is 100 years old and still bewitching. Polish-born Pola Negri, one of the fiery and tempestuous sirens of the silver screen, headlines...

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