Yes the droopy man
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 1 June 2023 12:32 (eleven months ago) link
He was a big star at some point. Hard to imagine now.
― The Original Human Beat Surrender (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 1 June 2023 14:03 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umcQbYSL1yU
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 June 2023 14:10 (eleven months ago) link
When he is young you can cock your head and see it from a modern POV but he gets leathery and smoked out pretty quickly
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 1 June 2023 14:20 (eleven months ago) link
See also: George Brent.
― The Original Human Beat Surrender (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 1 June 2023 14:33 (eleven months ago) link
George Brent's primary value was in remembering his lines and not upstaging his leading ladies.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Thursday, 1 June 2023 21:28 (eleven months ago) link
Robert Taylor? Barbara Stanwyck’s second husband?
Great Real Names: Spangler Arlington Brugh
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 June 2023 21:54 (eleven months ago) link
Also George Brent was in the IRA!
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 June 2023 21:56 (eleven months ago) link
Forgot about that. There’s something else about him too, some sort of personal excitement Bette Davis mentions which didn’t really translate to the screen for whatever reason.
― The Original Human Beat Surrender (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 1 June 2023 22:34 (eleven months ago) link
― The Original Human Beat Surrender (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 1 June 2023 22:37 (eleven months ago) link
Ha, I just went looking and did find a book on George Brent which has kind of a hilarious (sub)title.
― The Original Human Beat Surrender (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 1 June 2023 22:42 (eleven months ago) link
Apparently it was one of HuffPo’s Best Film Books of 2013.
― The Original Human Beat Surrender (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 1 June 2023 22:43 (eleven months ago) link
Maybe the book that was listed was another by the same author, perhaps about one of Brent’s wives, Ruth Chatterton.
― The Original Human Beat Surrender (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 1 June 2023 22:51 (eleven months ago) link