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
Great Real Names: Spangler Arlington Brugh
― 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