Modern Screen (Dec 1931 - Nov 1932 (assorted issues))

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HOLLYWOOD By WALTER RAMSEY GEORGE BRENT REFUSES TO BE A CLARK GABLE Meet George Brent the first— not Clark Gable the second. Did you know that Brent was the Abie of the stage "Abie's Irish Rose"? (Above) The attractive Mr. Brent with Ruth Chatterton in 'The Rich Are Always With Us." GEORGE BRENT doesn't even look like Clark Gable! That is the first point of interest when you see him, for the gossips and writers all have stamped him "The New Clark Gable." True, he has the same ruggedness . . . the same virility . . . the same "somethingas-gets-the-gals" — but George Brent will never be a second Clark Gable ; he will no doubt be the first George Brent. Brent is barely twenty-seven, but his hard life makes him appear about thirty-two. (Gable is older than Brent looks.) Brent says he hopes he gets good enough to "earn as many potatoes a week as my friend Clark !" And if he does, he'll be a millionaire pronto because he is a savin' type of an Irishman. Yes, George was first shown the light of morning in Dublin, Ireland. During a rather hectic childhood, he learned to like stew and detest kings, like all good Irishers. His father owned and edited one of the larger newspapers in Dublin. He attended the National University in Dublin. Here he added his six feet and one-hundred-and-seventy pounds to the football team and did the family name proud. AFTER that the real fun started. George liked adventure and hated routine jobs. Since all his ancestors had been army officers, he decided that nothing would do but that he should don the armor and do likewise. His opportunity came sooner than he expected. It seems that a very famous Irishman, Michael Collins, decided to overthrow the English rule and place De Valera in office as president of the Irish Republic. Civil war ! George was a good friend of Collins . . . and since he could pass for an American tourist (which is not meant as a slam), he was chosen to run dispatches for the rebel forces. This was right up George's alley, since he had a craving for adventure. He got it ! The King of England sent forty thousand Enelish soldiers and prepared to maintain (Continued on page 91 ) 57