George Brent

George Brent (March 15, 1899 - May 26, 1979) was an actor in American cinema.

Highly regarded by Davis, he became her most frequent male co-star, appearing with her in twelve films, including Jezebel (1938), The Old Maid (1939), Dark Victory (1939) and The Great Lie (1941). He also played opposite Greta Garbo in The Painted Veil (1934), Madeleine Carroll in The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936), Jean Arthur in More Than a Secretary (1936), Myrna Loy in The Rains Came (1939), Merle Oberon in 'Til We Meet Again (1940), Ann Sheridan in Honeymoon For Three (1941), Joan Fontaine in The Affairs of Susan (1945), Barbara Stanwyck in My Reputation (1946), Claudette Colbert in Tomorrow is Forever (1946), Dorothy McGuire in The Spiral Staircase (1946), Lucille Ball in Lover Come Back (1946) and Yvonne De Carlo in Slave Girl (1947). When not playing against a popular female lead, Brent's few starring roles failed to achieve success, and he drifted into "B" pictures from the late 1940s. He retired from acting in 1956 but made a return in 1978 in the made-for-television production Born Again.

Brent was known as a womaniser in Hollywood, and had a lengthy relationship with his co-star Bette Davis. He was married six times including three marriages to actresses - Ruth Chatterton (1932-1934), Constance Worth (1937) and Ann Sheridan (1942-1943). Davis recounted in her final years, what would be her last meeting with Brent after many years of estrangement. She expressed great remorse at his ill health, and sadness that such a virile and attractive man could have deteriorated so dramatically. He died shortly after in Solana Beach, California, from emphysema.

George Brent has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for his contributions to Motion Pictures at 1707 Vine St, and for his contributions to Television at 1614 Vine St.

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George Brent has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for his contributions to Motion Pictures at 1707 Vine St, and for his contributions to Television at 1614 Vine St. Eddie Cantor died of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California, and was buried in Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery. He died shortly after in Solana Beach, California, from emphysema. He was awarded an honorary Academy Award in 1964. She expressed great remorse at his ill health, and sadness that such a virile and attractive man could have deteriorated so dramatically. Cantor wrote eight books, including Caught Short (about the Crash of 1929) and his autobiography, My Life is in Your Hands. Davis recounted in her final years, what would be her last meeting with Brent after many years of estrangement. In the 1950s he hosted a television show.

He was married six times including three marriages to actresses - Ruth Chatterton (1932-1934), Constance Worth (1937) and Ann Sheridan (1942-1943). In the 1940s his NBC national radio show was Time To Smile. Brent was known as a womaniser in Hollywood, and had a lengthy relationship with his co-star Bette Davis. However Cantor's career bounced back with the United States entry into World War II. He retired from acting in 1956 but made a return in 1978 in the made-for-television production Born Again. Wishing to distance themselves from any political controversy, many sponsors dropped Cantor's shows. When not playing against a popular female lead, Brent's few starring roles failed to achieve success, and he drifted into "B" pictures from the late 1940s. Cantor's career declined somewhat in the late 1930s due to his public denunciations of Adolf Hitler and Fascism.

Ames (1936), Jean Arthur in More Than a Secretary (1936), Myrna Loy in The Rains Came (1939), Merle Oberon in 'Til We Meet Again (1940), Ann Sheridan in Honeymoon For Three (1941), Joan Fontaine in The Affairs of Susan (1945), Barbara Stanwyck in My Reputation (1946), Claudette Colbert in Tomorrow is Forever (1946), Dorothy McGuire in The Spiral Staircase (1946), Lucille Ball in Lover Come Back (1946) and Yvonne De Carlo in Slave Girl (1947). Cantor also served as first president of the Screen Actors Guild. He also played opposite Greta Garbo in The Painted Veil (1934), Madeleine Carroll in The Case Against Mrs. He was a founder of the March of Dimes, and did much to publicize the battle against polio. Highly regarded by Davis, he became her most frequent male co-star, appearing with her in twelve films, including Jezebel (1938), The Old Maid (1939), Dark Victory (1939) and The Great Lie (1941). In addition to film and radio, Cantor recorded for Hit of the Week Records, then again for Columbia, for Banner and Decca and various small labels. As a leading man for many of the studios leading stars, most notably Bette Davis, Brent was usually overshadowed by them, however this was a deliberate choice of the studio who wanted to ensure that the actress was shown as the key player. Cantor's theme song was the 1903 pop tune "Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider", dedicated to Eddie's wife Ida.

Born George Brendan Nolan in Shannonsbridge, Ireland, Brent moved to Hollywood where he made his first film in 1930. Signed to a contract with Warner Brothers he acted for more than twenty years, establishing himself as a dependable actor, but often dismissed by critics as wooden. His radio shows began with a crowd chanting "We want Cantor - We want Cantor", said to have originated when a vaudeville audience used that chant to chase off an opening act who was on a bill before Cantor. George Brent (March 15, 1899 - May 26, 1979) was an actor in American cinema. In the 1930s he also began hosting his own radio show, and by 1936 Cantor was the world's highest paid radio star. He continued making feature films through 1948, the most notable including Roman Scandals, Ali Baba Goes to Town, and If You Knew Susie. Cantor had appeared in a number of short films in the 1920s, but became a feature star in 1930 with the film Whoopee!.

Cantor soon bounced back thanks to Hollywood movies and the radio. Cantor was one of the era's most successful entertainers, but the 1929 Stock market crash suddenly took him from multi-millionaire status to being broke and deeply in debt. He starred in the Broadway musical Whoopie! in 1928. From 1921 through 1925 he had an exclusive contract with Columbia Records, then returned to Victor for the remainder of the decade.

Cantor started making phonograph records in 1917, recording both comedy songs and routines and popular songs of the day, first for Victor, then for Aeoleon-Vocalion, Pathé, and Emerson. For some time Cantor co-starred in an act with pioneer African-American comedian Bert Williams, both appearing in blackface; Cantor played William's son. In 1912 he appeared in Gus Edwards Review, and in 1916 debuted in the Ziegfeld Follies, where he would appear for years. By his early teens he began winning talent contests at local theaters, and started appearing on stage and in 1907 became a billed name in Vaudeville.

He was orphaned in childhood and made a living entertaining for coins on the city streets of Manhattan's Lower-East-Side. Cantor was born as Edward Israel Iskovitz in New York City, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. His nickname was "Banjo Eyes.". Eddie Cantor (January 31, 1892 - October 10, 1964) was a comedian, singer, actor, songwriter, and one of the most popular entertainers in the United States of America in the early and middle 20th century.