GEORGE BRENT BOUGHT AN ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC DURING THE 40S?

Just found out something very interesting that I had no idea of. According to Los Angeles Times on their vintage blog, George Brent could have bought  in 1941 a tiny island called Mehetia, 75 miles off Tahiti,  the Hollywood columnist Jimmie Fidler said.

Then I went to find out about this island and got a full description but saying it is inhabited. No record of previous buyers has been written at  least not on the web. Did Brent finally buy the  tiny island? If so I would have been very happy for him.

Acabo de leer algo interesante de lo que no tenía ni idea. Según Los Angeles Times en su blog vintage, George Brent podría haber comprado en 1941 una pequeña isla llamada Mehetia, a 75 millas de Tahiti, dice en el blog el columnista de Hollywood Jimmie Fidler. Fuí entonces a buscar sobre esta isla y he obtenido una descripción del lugar pero donde se dice que está deshabitada. No se apunta que fuese comprada previamente, al menos no aparece así en la web. ¿Compró finalmente Brent esta pequeña isla? Si así fuera me habría alegrado por él.

 

More info here:

http://southseas.nla.gov.au/biogs/P000141b.htm

and the source is here:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2010/12/jimmie-fidler-in-hollywood-jan-4-1941.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheDailyMirror+(The+Daily+Mirror)

Experiment Perilous -1944

I never get rid of George Brent films. But of course, till date there are some films I have not yet seen, like this one. If you watched it, is it a good one? The director is Jacques Tourneur, the same that directed Cat People two years previously, what a great film!

Nunca me canso de ver películas de George Brent. Pero hasta el día de hoy, no las he visto todas, ¡por supuesto! Si has visto esta, ¿te parece buena? En España se vino a llamar Noche en el Alma. El director es Jacques Tourneur, que dirigió también Cat People dos años antes (La Mujer Pantera), una gran película!

Experiment Perilous

 

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You Can’t Escape Forever

Myrna Loy

(1905–1999)

Apart from the movie “The  Rains Came” where Myrna Loy shared her character among  others like George Brent and Tyrone Power,  a few months ago I watched Stamboul Quest, a 1934 film where  Brent also shares a role in this movie. She is a spy and he takes her arm to enter into a world of great adventures that, at a certain point will put their own lives at risk

Aparte de la Película “Vinieron las Lluvias” donde Myrna Loy compartió papel con George Brent y Tyrone Power, hace unos meses vi Stamboul Quest, de 1934, donde también aparece George Brent. Ella interpreta una espía y él la acompaña hasta llegar a momentos de peligro para ambos.

Here is the movie trailer

 

 

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My Reputation, a classic movie with some erotic hints

Didn't I say yet that I like George Brent? Oh did I… And can never get rid of this actor. Although he never played as the main character, his presence and well acting was brilliant in most cases. I could speak for hours about the lovely feelings he transmits me through the screen but here I will speak about a scene that startled me, because by the time it was on Spanish cinemas, Franco’s film code would not have allowed this movie to be screened. Yet it was. The plot itself is a song for a woman’s freedom, when a woman of those times in Spain should Never think like she does, or go against all odds. And then.. while some scenes where the characters kiss were banned and cut, here we see the original film as it was showed back in 1946-47 in Spanish Theaters, a scene that is more than a kiss, to me is like a hundred kisses, yet it’s not explicit. But it has even more mystery and expression and Was Not Cut. So, normally, today this could sound silly, but to the vintage lovers, we know that this “means something”, like those pre-code movies, so different from the 1940s films. And yet, here, a film made in the 40s shows an erotic scene, very subtle, very funny and that I wanted to share here.
Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent made more than two movies together. My reputation was directed by Curtis Bernhardt. The dialogs are great and as I said, it is rare that this movie was showed back in those times.

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