 42nd Street 1933  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Una Merkel, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, George E. Stone, Allen Jenkins, Ned Sparks, Edward J. Nugent, Robert McWade, Louise Beavers, George Irving
Busby Berkeley's musical numbers highlight this entertaining film about what goes on behind the scenes of the Broadway musical show, "Pretty Lady." The show's director Julian Marsh (Warner Baxter) is in poor health but wants to enjoy one more hit before he retires. When the show's temperamental star, Dorothy Brock (Bebe Daniels) breaks her ankle on the night of the show's opening, chorus girl Peggy Sawyer (Ruby Keeler) fills in and takes over the lead. Featured numbers include" "You're getting to Be a Habit with Me," "Shuffle off to Buffalo," and "42nd Street." The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
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Baby Face 1933  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, Margaret Lindsay, Douglass Dumbrille, John Wayne, Arthur Hohl, Robert Barrat, Nat Pendleton
Lily (Barbara Stanwyck), a.k.a. "Baby Face", is a beautiful woman who uses sex in exchange for financial gain and uses her unique charms to attain security.
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Charlie Chan Carries On 1931  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Hamilton MacFadden
Cast: Warner Oland, Marguerite Churchill, John Garrick, Warren Hymer, William(2) Holden, George Brent, Jason Robards Sr., Marjorie White, C. Henry Gordon, Peter Gawthorne, John T. Murray, John Swor, Goodee Montgomery, Lumsden Hare, Zeffie Tilbury
This film, lost in the archives, features Warner Oland in his first role as Charlie Chan. Charlie is vacationing in London when a wealthy American is murdered in a London hotel. Charlie follows clues that lead him from London to Nice, San Remo, Hong Kong, and Honolulu. This film was remade in 1940 as "Charlie Chan 's Murder Cruise" with Sidney Toler in the title role.
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Dark Victory 1939 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Humphrey Bogart, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers, Cora Witherspoon, Virginia Brissac, Dorothy Peterson, Herbert Rawlinson, Charles Richman, Leonard Mudie, Fay Helm, John Ridgely, David Newell
A young heiress (Bette Davis) learns that she has a fatal brain tumor. During the course of treatment, she falls in love with her doctor (George Brent) and finds new meaning in her life.
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Female 1933 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Philip Faversham, Ruth Donnelly, Johnny Mack Brown, Lois Wilson, Philip Reed, Rafaela Ottiano, Douglass Dumbrille, Gavin Gordon, Kenneth Thomson, Spencer Charters
A hard-working executive, Alison Drake (Ruth Chatterton), works long hours at her automobile factory–until Jim Thorne (George Brent) comes along and shows her that all work makes Alison a dull girl.
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The Fighting 69th 1940 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: William Keighley
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh, Dennis Morgan, Dick Foran, William Lundigan, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
This film is based on facts from the 69th regiment's World War I records. Jerry Plunkett (James Cagney) is a smart-aleck recruit who buckles under fire and causes the death of some men in his company. Father Duffy (Pat O'Brien) helps in the rehabilitation. Great battle scenes.
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Front Page Woman 1935 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Roscoe Karns, Wini Shaw, J. Carrol Naish, Joseph Crehan, J. Farrell MacDonald, Addison Richards, Selmer Jackson, Joe King
Newspaper reporters, Ellen (Bette Davis) and Curt (George Brent), are in love with each other, but they are always on the lookout for a chance to be first to file the latest hot news story.
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The Gay Sisters 1942 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Gig Young, Nancy Coleman, Gene Lockhart, Donald Woods, Anne Revere
Conniving for land ownership, Fiona Gaylord (Barbara Stanwyck) and Charles Barclay (George Brent) marry while her sisters are left out of the deal.
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Gold Is Where You Find It 1938 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel, Barton MacLane, Tim Holt, Henry O'Neill, George "Gabby" Hayes, Sidney Toler
A feud between Gold miners and farmers is the subject of this intriguing Western film about early days in California.
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The Golden Arrow 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Eugene Pallette, Dick Foran, Carol Hughes, Catherine Doucet, Craig Reynolds, Henry O'Neill, Eddie Acuff, E.E. Clive
Daisy Appleby (Bette Davis) is a wealthy heiress who finds the solution to her problem of being plagued by fortune hunters–she wants a "marriage of convenience" with newspaperman Johnny Jones (George Brent).
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The Great Lie 1941 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor, Lucile Watson, Hattie McDaniel, Grant Mitchell, Jerome Cowan, Thurston Hall, Olin Howland, J. Farrell MacDonald, Charles Trowbridge, Russell Hicks, Virginia Brissac, Addison Richards, Sam McDaniel
Mary Astor won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Sandra Kovak, a woman pregnant with Maggie Patterson's (Bette Davis) deceased husband, Pete's (George Brent), child. Maggie plans to raise the child as her own, but Pete turns up alive, and Maggie and Sandra vie for custody and for Pete's love as well.
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Housewife 1934  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: George Brent, Bette Davis, Ann Dvorak, Ruth Donnelly, John Halliday, Hobart Cavanaugh, Robert Barrat, Jonathan Hale, Joseph Cawthorn, Phil Regan, Willard Robertson, Leila Bennett, Harry Tyler, Charles Coleman
When George (George Brent) leaves his wife Nan (Ann Dvorak) for Patricia (Bette Davis), he finds that life is still not a bed of roses. Rare weak effort by top stars.
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In This Our Life 1942 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent, Dennis Morgan, Charles Coburn, Billie Burke, Hattie McDaniel, William Forrest, Frank Craven, Lee Patrick, Mary Servoss, Ernest Anderson, Edward Fielding, William B. Davidson, John Hamilton
Two sisters, Stanley (Bette Davis) and Roy (Olivia de Havilland), are in love with the same man, Craig (George Brent). Although Roy and Craig are married, he decides to leave his wife for Stanley.
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International Lady 1941 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: George Brent, Ilona Massey, Basil Rathbone, Gene Lockhart, George Zucco, Clayton Moore, Francis Pierlot, Martin Kosleck, Charles D. Brown, Marjorie Gateson
U.S. espionage agent Tom Hanley (George Brent) falls in love with Carle Nillson (Ilona Massey). She is really a spy for Hitler and is transmitting information on enemy activity to German U-Boats in the Atlantic.
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Jezebel 1938  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Fay Bainter, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Crisp, Spring Byington, Richard Cromwell, Henry O'Neill, John Litel, Gordon Oliver, Janet Shaw, Irving Pichel, Theresa Harris, Margaret Early
Set in New Orleans during the1850s, a Southern belle (Bette Davis) plays mind games with her two suitors (Henry Fonda and George Brent), but the results are not what she planned. Bette Davis received an Oscar for Best Actress, and Fay Bainter won for Best Supporting Actress. A nomination for Best Picture was also received.
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The Last Page 1952 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Man Bait
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: George Brent, Marguerite Chapman, Raymond Huntley, Peter Reynolds, Diana Dors, Eleanor Summerfield, Meredith Edwards, Isabel Dean, Harry Fowler, Conrad Phillips
Harman (George Brent) is a London bookstore manager who is being blackmailed, but his secretary, Stella (Marguerite Chapman), comes to his rescue.
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The Man Who Talked Too Much 1940 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: George Brent, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall, Richard Barthelmess, William Lundigan, George Tobias, Marc Lawrence, John Litel, Henry Armetta, Alan Baxter
Great courtroom drama prevails in this film pitting two brothers–the District Attorney (George Brent) and the Defense Attorney (William Lundigan)–as adversaries working on the same case. This is a remake of "The Mouthpiece" and was again remade as "Illegal."
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My Reputation 1946 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Lucile Watson, Warner Anderson, Eve Arden, John Ridgely, Scotty Beckett, Jerome Cowan, Esther Dale, Ann E. Todd
Young widow Jessica (Barbara Stanwyck) has two sons, and she falls in love with Major Scott Landis (George Brent), endures the ensuing gossip, and survives trials and tribulations to gain newly found strength.
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The Old Maid 1939 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent, Donald Crisp, Jane Bryan, Louise Fazenda, James Stephenson, Jerome Cowan, William Lundigan, Rand Brooks, Cecilia Loftus, Janet Shaw, William Hopper, Sidney Bracey
Based on Edith Wharton's novel, this is the story of the aftermath of a love affair between Charlotte (Bette Davis) and Clem (George Brent). When Clem dies while fighting in the Civil War, Charlotte is left alone to face unmarried motherhood. Her solution is to give their daughter (Jane Bryan) to a cousin (Miriam Hopkins) to raise as her own. Now, Charlotte watches as her daughter grows up but must remain as an outsider.
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Out of the Blue 1947 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leigh Jason
Cast: Virginia Mayo, George Brent, Turhan Bey, Ann Dvorak, Carole Landis, Elizabeth Patterson, Julia Dean, Richard Lane, Charles Smith, Paul Harvey
George Brent plays a happily married husband who knows he will never be able to explain to his out-of-town wife why he has an unconscious woman in their apartment.
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Private Detective 62 1933 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Man Killer
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: William Powell, Margaret Lindsay, Ruth Donnelly, Gordon Westcott, James Bell, Arthur Byron, Arthur Hohl, Irving Bacon, George Brent, Sheila Terry
A former undercover man (William Powell) is hired to frame a gambler (Margaret Lindsay) in Paris. As he sets out to perform his task, he finds himself falling in love with his victim.
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The Rains Came 1939 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, George Brent, Brenda Joyce, Nigel Bruce, Joseph Schildkraut, Jane Darwell, Henry Travers, Laura Hope Crews, Maria Ouspenskaya
Lady Edwina Esketh (Myrna Loy) falls in love with an Indian doctor, Major Rama Safti (Tyrone Power), while her husband serves his tour of duty in India for the British government. This film was remade in 1955 as "The Rains of Ranchipur."
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Red Canyon 1949 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Ann Blyth, Howard Duff, George Brent, Edgar Buchanan, John McIntire, Chill Wills, Jane Darwell, Lloyd Bridges, Denver Pyle
Lin Slone (Howard Duff) is in love with Lucy Bostel (Ann Blyth), but her father, Matthew (George Brent), is against the match because of the Slone family's notorious reputation. This story revolves around Slone's acceptance after he captures an elusive wild stallion and races the horse in a community event.
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So Big! 1932 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Dickie Moore, Bette Davis, Alan Hale, Guy Kibbee, Mae Madison, Hardie Albright, Robert Warwick, Earle Foxe
This is the second rendition of Edna Ferber's novel about a schoolteacher who, after becoming a widow, turns to farming.
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Special Agent 1935 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez, George Brent, Jack La Rue, Henry O'Neill, Joe Sawyer, Joseph Crehan, Irving Pichel, Robert Strange, J. Carrol Naish
A detective (George Brent), posing as a reporter, tries to get information on a racketeering boss (Ricardo Cortez) via his bookkeeper (Bette Davis).
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The Spiral Staircase 1946 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith, Rhonda Fleming, Gordon Oliver, Elsa Lanchester, James Bell, Charles Wagenheim, Ellen Corby, Richard Tyler, Erville Alderson, Sara Allgood, Rhys Williams, Myrna Dell
A crazed killer is on the loose, peeking through a hole in the wall looking for his next victim. He has his eye on Helen Capel (Dorothy McGuire), a mute servant girl, who works in the very eerie house of the bedridden Mrs. Warren (Ethel Barrymore). Barrymore received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Stamboul Quest 1934 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Myrna Loy, George Brent, Lionel Atwill, C. Henry Gordon, Mischa Auer, Douglass Dumbrille, Rudolph Anders, Robert Gleckler, Joe Sawyer, Christian Rub
Based on true-life experiences of World War I German spy Anna Maria Lessler (Myrna Loy), this is a pretty good film with an anti-war theme. The story was filmed in Italy as "Fraulein Doktor" with Suzy Kendall in the title role in 1969.
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Submarine D-1 1937 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Wayne Morris, Frank McHugh, Doris Weston, Henry O'Neill, Regis Toomey, Broderick Crawford, Dennie Moore, Veda Ann Borg
Navy submariners on leave find romance and adventure during a stopover in a liberty town. Ronald Reagan was in the original cast but his parts didn't make the final cut.
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Til We Meet Again 1940 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Merle Oberon, George Brent, Pat O'Brien, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Binnie Barnes, Frank McHugh, Eric Blore, George Reeves, Henry O'Neill, Frank Wilcox, Regis Toomey
This remake of Oscar-winning "One Way Passage" is about a woman (Merle Oberon) suffering from a fatal illness who falls in love with a condemned convict she meets aboard ship on their trip to San Francisco.
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Tomorrow Is Forever 1946 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, George Brent, Lucile Watson, Richard Long, Natalie Wood, Ian Wolfe, Lois Austin, Irving Pichel, Milton Kibbee
Larry Hamilton (George Brent) hires an Austrian scientist, Erich Kessler (Orson Welles). Larry's wife, Elizabeth (Claudette Colbert), begins to suspect that Kessler is her husband of 20 years ago who was supposedly killed in action during World War I.
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Wings of the Navy 1939 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, John Payne, Frank McHugh, John Litel, Victor Jory, Henry O'Neill, John Ridgely, Regis Toomey
Produced before America's entry into World War II, this film was made to encourage support for building up the U.S. Navy to make ready for possible U.S. commitment to the war effort.
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| 1. 42nd Street (1933)
2. Baby Face (1933)
3. Charlie Chan Carries On (1931)
4. Dark Victory (1939)
5. Female (1933)
6. The Fighting 69th (1940)
7. Front Page Woman (1935)
8. The Gay Sisters (1942)
9. Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
10. The Golden Arrow (1936)
11. The Great Lie (1941)
12. Housewife (1934)
13. In This Our Life (1942)
14. International Lady (1941)
15. Jezebel (1938)
16. The Last Page (1952)
aka: Man Bait
17. The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
18. My Reputation (1946)
19. The Old Maid (1939)
20. Out of the Blue (1947)
21. Private Detective 62 (1933)
aka: Man Killer
22. Racket Busters (1938)
23. The Rains Came (1939)
24. Red Canyon (1949)
25. The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)
26. So Big! (1932)
27. Special Agent (1935)
28. The Spiral Staircase (1946)
29. Stamboul Quest (1934)
30. Submarine D-1 (1937)
31. Til We Meet Again (1940)
32. Tomorrow Is Forever (1946)
33. Wings of the Navy (1939)
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