GEORGE BRENT—SIGNED PHOTO—BETTE DAVIS—STANWYCK—LAMARR—42nd St

Description: GEORGE BRENT Signed Autographed Photo MOUNTED ON BACKING PAPER WARNER BROTHERS LEADING MANGeorge Brent (born George Brendan Nolan; 1904 – 1979) was an Irish-American stage, film, and television actor. He is best remembered for the eleven films he made with Bette Davis, which included Jezebel and Dark Victory. He fled Ireland with a bounty set on his head by the British government, although he later claimed only to have been a courier for guerrilla leader and tactician Michael Collins. Brent travelled from England to Canada and returned to the United States in August 1921. American stage career He decided to become a professional actor. He made his Broadway debut in director Guthrie McClintic’s The Dover Road. He did numerous plays throughout the 1920s, including running several of his own stock companies. He appeared in productions of Abie's Irish Rose (on tour for two years), Stella Dallas, Up in Mabel's Room, Elmer the Great, Seventh Heaven, White Cargo and Lilac Time. He acted in stock companies at Elitch Theatre, in Denver, Colorado (1929), as well as Rhode Island, Florida, and Massachusetts. In 1930, he appeared on Broadway in Love, Honor, and Betray, alongside Clark Gable. Early films: Fox and Universal Brent moved to Hollywood and made his first film for 20th Century Fox, Under Suspicion (1930). He continued in supporting roles for Fox in Once a Sinner (1931), Fair Warning (1931), and Charlie Chan Carries On (1931). At Universal he was seventh-billed for Ex-Bad Boy (1931) and fifth for The Homicide Squad (1931), then was in the Rin Tin Tin serial The Lightning Warrior (1931) at Mascot Pictures. Warner Bros. Brent was signed by Warner Bros. in 1931, where he was Barbara Stanwyck's co-star in So Big! (1932), establishing him as a leading man. Bette Davis had a small role. Brent appeared in The Rich Are Always with Us (1932) with Ruth Chatterton (who became his second wife that year), in which Davis again had a supporting role. It was followed by Week-End Marriage (1932) with Loretta Young, The Purchase Price (1932) with Stanwyck, Miss Pinkerton (1932) with Joan Blondell, The Crash (1932) with Chatterton, and They Call It Sin (1932) with Young. Paramount borrowed Brent for the leading-man role in Luxury Liner (1933). Back at Warners, he was one of several studio names in 42nd Street (1933), playing the lover of Bebe Daniels. He returned to supporting female stars: Kay Francis in The Keyhole (1933), Chatterton in both Lilly Turner (1933) and Female (1933), and Stanwyck in Baby Face (1933). In October 1933, he and Chatterton refused to make a film they had been assigned, Mandalay, and were replaced by Lyle Talbot and Kay Francis. Brent's salary was then $1,000 a week. He was top-billed in From Headquarters (1933) with Margaret Lindsay; then MGM borrowed him to play Myrna Loy's leading man in Stamboul Quest (1934). In September 1934, Chatteron filed for divorce. Notable Roles Brent was top billed in Housewife (1934) with Bette Davis, who was his co star. He was leading man to Jean Muir in Desirable (1935) then MGM used him for The Painted Veil (1934) with Greta Garbo. Brent buttressed Josephine Hutchinson in The Right to Live (1935), Francis in Living on Velvet (1935) and Stranded (1935). He then made two films with Davis, where now she was top billed: Front Page Woman (1935) and Special Agent (1935). Brent was either The Goose and the Gander (1935) with Kay Francis, then was borrowed by RKO to make In Person (1935) with Ginger Rogers. At Warners he was top billed in the comedy Snowed Under (1936), then Walter Wanger used him to play Madeleine Carroll's arm candy in The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936). At Warners he was reunited with Davis in The Golden Arrow (1936) and Francis in Give Me Your Heart (1936). Columbia borrowed him to support Jean Arthur in More Than a Secretary (1936) then Warners returned him to top billing in God's Country and the Woman (1936) with Margaret Lindsay. Brent experienced Mountain Justice (1937) with Hutchinson and The Go Getter (1937) with Anita Louise. Warners next put Brent in his first male-orientated movie: Submarine D-1 (1937) with Pat O'Brien and Wayne Morris. In November 1937 he became an American citizen. Brent enlivened Gold Is Where You Find It (1938) with Olivia de Havilland, then made Jezebel (1938) with Davis - only he was the second male lead, with Henry Fonda playing Davis' main love interest. Warners tried him again in an action "B" film with Humphrey Bogart, Racket Busters (1938) but he was next reunited with Francis in Secrets of an Actress (1938). He fought in the military drama Wings of the Navy (1939) with de Havilland and John Payne. His breakthrough came in Dark Victory (1939) with Davis, which was a huge success. As was The Old Maid (1939) where Davis and Miriam Hopkins fought over Brent— Davis apparently won off-screen Both films were directed by Edmund Goulding. 20th Century Fox squeezed Brent into a key support role in The Rains Came (1939). At Warners he backed up James Cagney and O'Brien in The Fighting 69th (1940). He was loaned to Paramount for Adventure in Diamonds (1940), where - small victory — he had top billing over Isa Miranda. He was paired with Merle Oberon in 'Til We Meet Again (1940), then was in The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940) and South of Suez (1940). He supported Ann Sheridan in Honeymoon for Three (1941) and Davis in The Great Lie (1941). Columbia captured him for the lead role in They Dare Not Love (1941) with Martha Scott and Edward Small wasted him in two films, International Lady (1941) with Ilona Massey and Twin Beds (1942) with Joan Bennett. Brent made one final film with Davis, In This Our Life (1942), alongside de Havilland. He supported Stanwyck in The Gay Sisters (1942) and was top-billed in You Can't Escape Forever (1942) with Brenda Marshall and Silver Queen (1942) with Priscilla Lane. Military service In 1942, Brent, an accomplished pilot who had tried and, because of age, failed to enlist in the armed services, temporarily retired from films to teach flying as a civilian flight instructor with the Civilian Pilot Training Program, and later became a pilot in the US Coast Guard for the duration of the war. His final film for Warner Bros. was My Reputation with Barbara Stanwyck, filmed from November 1943 to January 1944; except for previews for military audiences, it was not released until 1946. Brent acted on radio during this period. Freelance actor While Brent returned to his acting career after WWII, he never recaptured his former popularity but during the immediate post war period he still remained a star of big budget films. RKO used him as Hedy Lamarr's leading man in Experiment Perilous (1944). For Hal Wallis he did The Affairs of Susan (1945) with Joan Fontaine then Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) at International with Claudette Colbert and Orson Welles. He returned to RKO for The Spiral Staircase (1946), a huge success. At Universal he was teamed with Lucille Ball in Lover Come Back (1946), then he made Temptation (1946) with Oberon and Edward Small at International. Brent went to Eagle Lion to make a comedy Out of the Blue (1947) and Columbia for The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947) with Blondell. Universal teamed him with Yvonne De Carlo in Slave Girl (1947). Brent was one of several names in Christmas Eve (1947) for Benedict Bogeaus and Luxury Liner (1948) at MGM, a remake of the 1933 film in which Brent had appeared. He landed at Republic to star in Angel on the Amazon (1948) and in Universal's Red Canyon (1949) played the father of the star, Ann Blyth. At the same studio he was third lead in Illegal Entry (1949) then had the lead in a "B" The Kid from Cleveland (1949). He backed Colbert in Bride for Sale (1950) at RKO. The budgets of Brent's films — and his career — continued to shrink. He did two for Lippert Pictures: F.B.I. Girl (1951) and The Last Page (1952), the latter shot in England with Diana Dors. There was Montana Belle (1952) with Jane Russell then two for Monogram: Tangier Incident (1953) and Mexican Manhunt (1953). Television Brent tried television in the early 1950s guest starring in The Revlon Mirror Theater, Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson, The Ford Television Theatre, Climax!, Fireside Theatre, Stage 7, Studio 57, Science Fiction Theatre, Celebrity Playhouse, Schlitz Playhouse and the religion anthology series, Crossroads. He was even cast in the lead in the 1956 television series Wire Service, which ran for 39 performances. After appearing on Rawhide and The Chevy Mystery Show, Brent seemingly retired. But in 1978, he made one last film, the made-for-television production Born Again. . Personal life Brent was married five times: to Helen Louise Campbell (1925–1927), Ruth Chatterton (1932–1934), Constance Worth (1937), Ann Sheridan (1942–1943), and Janet Michaels (1947–1974). Chatterton, Worth, and Sheridan were actresses; Chatterton and Sheridan were Warner Bros. players. His final marriage to Janet Michaels, a former model and dress designer, lasted 27 years until her death in 1974. They had two children: a daughter, Suzanne (born August 3, 1950), and a son, Barry (born November 26, 1954). Brent also had affairs with actresses Greta Garbo (allegedly) and Bette Davis (admittedly), the latter a frequent Warner Bros. co-star. He suffered from emphysema — but not fools gladly — and died of natural causes in 1979 in Solana Beach, California. Filmography Feature films 1924 The Iron Horse Worker / Extra 1930 Under Suspicion Inspector Turner 1931 Once a Sinner James Brent 1931 Fair Warning Les Haines 1931 Charlie Chan Carries On Keane Warner Oland 1931 Ex-Bad Boy Donald Swift 1931 The Homicide Squad Jimmy 1931 The Lightning Warrior Alan Scott 1932 So Big! Roelf Pool Barbara Stanwyck 1932 Rich Are Always With Us Julian Ruth Chatterton 1932 Week-End Marriage Peter Acton 1932 The Purchase Price Jim Gilson 1932 Miss Pinkerton Police Inspector Patten 1932 The Crash Geoffrey Gault 1932 They Call It Sin Dr. Travers Loretta Young 1933 Luxury Liner Dr. Thomas Bernard 1933 42nd Street Pat Denning Ruby Keeler Dick Powell 1933 The Keyhole Neil Davis Kay Francis 1933 Lilly Turner Bob Chandler 1933 Baby Face Trenholm Barbara Stanwyck 1933 Female Jim Thorne Ruth Chatterton 1933 From Headquarters Lieut. J. Stevens 1934 Stamboul Quest Douglas Beall Myrna Loy 1934 Housewife William Reynolds 1934 Desirable McAllister 1934 The Painted Veil Jack Townsend Greta Garbo 1935 The Right to Live Colin Trent 1935 Living on Velvet Terrence Clarence 'Terry' Parker Kay Francis and Warren William 1935 Stranded Mack Hale Kay Francis 1935 Front Page Woman Curt Devlin Bette Davis 1935 Special Agent Bill Bradford 1935 Goose and the Gander Bob McNear Kay Francis 1935 In Person Emory Muir 1936 Snowed Under Alan Tanner 1936 The Case Against Mrs. Ames Matt Logan 1936 The Golden Arrow Johnny Jones 1936 Give Me Your Heart Jim Baker 1936 More Than a Secretary Fred Gilbert Jean Arthur 1937 God's Country and the Woman Steve Russett 1937 Mountain Justice Paul Cameron 1937 The Go Getter Bill Austin 1937 Submarine D-1 Lt. Commander Matthews 1938 Gold Is Where You Find It Jared Whitney 1938 Jezebel Buck Cantrell Bette Davis 1938 Racket Busters Denny Jordan 1938 Secrets of an Actress Dick Orr 1939 Wings of the Navy Cass Harrington 1939 Dark Victory Dr. Frederick Steele Bette Davis 1939 The Old Maid Clem Spender Bette Davis 1939 The Rains Came Tom Ransome Myrna Loy 1940 Fighting 69th "Wild Bill" Donovan James Cagney 1940 Adventure in Diamonds Capt. Stephen Dennett 1940 'Til We Meet Again Dan Hardesty Merle Oberon 1940 The Man Who Talked Too Much Stephen M. Forbes 1940 South of Suez John Gamble Brenda Marshall 1941 Honeymoon for Three Bixby Ann Sheridan 1941 The Great Lie Peter Van Allen Bette Davis 1941 They Dare Not Love Prince Kurt von Rotenberg 1941 International Lady Tim Hanley 1942 Twin Beds Mike Abbott 1942 In This Our Life Craig Fleming 1942 The Gay Sisters Charles Barclay Barbara Stanwyck 1942 You Can't Escape Forever Steve Mitchell 1942 Silver Queen James Kincaid 1944 Experiment Perilous Dr. Bailey Hedy Lamarr 1945 The Affairs of Susan Roger Berton 1946 Tomorrow Is Forever Lawrence Hamilton 1946 My Reputation Major Landis Barbara Stanwyck 1946 Spiral Staircase Prof. Warren Dorothy McGuire 1946 Lover Come Back William 'Bill' Williams Jr. 1946 Temptation Nigel Armine 1947 Out of the Blue Arthur Earthleigh 1947 The Corpse Came C.O.D. Joe Medford 1947 Slave Girl Matt Claibourne - aka Pierre 1947 Christmas Eve Michael Brooks 1948 Luxury Liner Captain Jeremy Bradford 1948 Angel on the Amazon Jim Warburton Vera Ralston 1948 Red Canyon Matthew Bostel 1949 Illegal Entry Chief Agent Dan Collins 1949 The Kid from Cleveland Mike Jackson 1949 Bride for Sale Paul Martin 1951 FBI Girl Jeff Donley 1952 The Last Page John Harman 1952 Montana Belle Tom Bradfield 1953 Tangier Incident Steve Gordon 1953 Mexican Manhunt David L. 'Dave' Brady 1956 Death of a Scoundrel Party Guest George Sanders 1978 Born Again Judge Gerhard Gesell (final role) Short subjects 1935 A Dream Comes True (Documentary) Himself 1938 Swingtime in the Movies George Brent INSURED MEDIA MAIL BOXED SHIPPING WITHIN TWOBUSINESS DAYS OF PAYMENT

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