Portrait of Herbert Brenon

Directing

Herbert Brenon

Career

Active from 1911 to 1940, with up to 5 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Peter Pan
Peter Pan
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Herbert Brenon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.2, average 5.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.8, average 2.0
  • Satire & Parody
    1.5, average 2.3
  • Cringe Humor
    1.4, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Period Piece 3
  • French Foreign Legion 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Intrigue 2
  • Silent Era Melodrama 2
  • Nostalgic Tone 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Exotic Locale 2
  • Romantic Entanglements 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

75
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

1 title
The Flying Squad
The Flying Squad (1940)

Director

1930s

17 titles ยท average score 49
Black Eyes
Black Eyes (1939)

Director

Yellow Sands
Yellow Sands (1938)

Director

Housemaster
Housemaster (1938)

Director

Spring Handicap
Spring Handicap (1937)

Director

The Dominant Sex
The Dominant Sex (1937)

Director

Someone at the Door
Someone at the Door (1936)

Director

Living Dangerously
Living Dangerously (1936)

Director

Royal Cavalcade
Royal Cavalcade (1935)

Director

Girl of the Rio
Girl of the Rio (1932)

Director

Transgression
Transgression (1931)
GoodWatch score 50

Director, Producer

Beau Ideal
Beau Ideal (1931)
GoodWatch score 47

Director, Producer

The Case of Sergeant Grischa
The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930)

Director

1920s

31 titles ยท average score 75
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
GoodWatch score 80

Director, Producer

Sorrell and Son
Sorrell and Son (1927)

Director, Writer

The Telephone Girl
The Telephone Girl (1927)

Director

Beau Geste
Beau Geste (1926)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Writer

Dancing Mothers
Dancing Mothers (1926)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

God Gave Me Twenty Cents
God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1926)

Director

A Kiss for Cinderella
A Kiss for Cinderella (1925)

Director

The Street of Forgotten Men
The Street of Forgotten Men (1925)

Director

Peter Pan
Peter Pan (1924)
GoodWatch score 86

Director, Producer

The Spanish Dancer
The Spanish Dancer (1923)

Director, Producer

The Passion Flower
The Passion Flower (1921)

Adaptation, Director

The Wonderful Thing
The Wonderful Thing (1921)

Director, Writer

1910s

26 titles ยท average score 51
The Fall of the Romanoffs
The Fall of the Romanoffs (1918)

Director, Producer

The Passing of the Third Floor Back
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918)

Writer, Director

The Lone Wolf
The Lone Wolf (1917)

Director

War Brides
War Brides (1916)

Screenplay, Director

A Daughter of the Gods
A Daughter of the Gods (1916)

Director, Screenplay

The Two Orphans
The Two Orphans (1915)

as Pierre

Kreutzer Sonata
Kreutzer Sonata (1915)

Writer, Director

Neptune's Daughter
Neptune's Daughter (1914)

Director

Absinthe
Absinthe (1914)

Director

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913)
GoodWatch score 47

Writer, Director

Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe (1913)

as Isaac of York

The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter (1911)

Writer