The Go Getter (Warner Bros.) (1937)

Ds AS GEORGE BRENT’S AFTER HOURS — AVAILABLE IN MATS ~ STAR FEATURE MEET THE REAL GEORGE BRENT Here’s the real low-down on George Brent, whose name has been so much in Hollywood gossip columns lately. Submit it to your editor. It’s the kind of mate rial many newspapers are glad to receive. Art layout can be run without the story if desired. Complete with two heading mats. paign Plan Editor, 321 W. 44th St., N.Y.C. Order Mat No. 401B from Cam Dear Boss: Not that I’m kicking, but the next time you give me an assignment to find out what someone does when he’s not working or sleeping, make it the Maharajah of Jahore, or the Mauch twins, or someone who has a real “off the lot’’ life. Don’t give me fellows like George Brent who’ve done everything, and been everything and who, at the ripe old age of 33, think they’ve entered the twilight of life and are entitled to privacy and the quiet of their studies. * * %* Brent is one of the new breed of movie stars—Errol Flynn is another—who has lived a thousand adventure stories. He spent two years before the mast, working as a sailor off the Cornish coast. He was a sheep herder in Ireland. He worked for nine months in a diamond mine and for six months as a blacksmith. He went heart and soul into the Irish rebellion and became a dispatch bearer for Michael Collins. He was a rebel secret service man for two years, and when things got too hot for him in Ireland, he hid in London until the search drew close, and _ he shipped on a freighter for Canada. Then to New York, and for his first two years in America, he says he lived as a knight of the rods should live—as a hobo. Finally he found himself. Played in stock companies throughout the country, managed six of his own and played more than 300 leading roles. Broadway was next and then the movies. * * * Now you’d expect a fellow with that background—a chap who’s as good looking as he’s talented and who is one of the most eligible bachelors in the movie colony—to seek excitement when he’s not working on the Warner Bros. lot. And _ right there is where your reporter wants to put you right. George Brent doesn’t seek excitement— he shuns it. He has a huge library and does a lot of reading. There isn’t much of a thrill in watching a movie star read a book. Last year he became an aviation enthusiast, but his bosses stopped that. Personal piloting is not in favor in Hollywood, especially when outstanding stars are the pilots. ok * * He plays a lot of tennis, punches the bag and runs to keep fit. For enjoyment he plays polo. He’s mad about horses, a taste inherited from cavalrymen Now, your reporter can take his horses in mild doses, but following Brent around when that young Irishman is polo-minded is not his idea of a soft job. It’s better when George decides to exercise his two pet Scotties, his constant companions off the lot when their master is not on horseback. * * * Of course, if there’s a championship tennis match in Hollywood, Brent will be there. He’s a good scrapper—handy with his mits—but seldom attends boxing matches. He’s an expert chess player, and you will be sure of a welcome if you know the game. He also plays the piano very well, and you’ll add to your welcome if you’re an_ intelligent listener. Some part of every day is given to practice. If you are a good deep sea fisherman, so much the better. Brent will be glad to have your company, for fishing is another “after hours” activity. And now, boss, we come to what you really want to know. The women in his life. Take a guy 33 years old, six feet one inch tall, weighing 170 pounds with hazel eyes, blue black hair and a touch of Erin in his speech, and add to it the really big money Brent earns every year, and you’ve got something women don’t exactly despise. %* * * Brent was married once, to Ruth Chatterton. This romance came to an end in 1934, by amicable arrangement. Brent and Miss Chatterton are _ excellent friends. But there are no other romances in his life. His name has been coupled by gossip columnists with every good looking unmarried girl in whose company he is seen. The latest was Anita Louise, who is an eyefull for anybody. They co-starred in “The Go Getter,” the Cosmopolitan filmization of Peter B. Kyne’s famous novel, which opens at the Bs Ravin Poles Theatre om .........0......0 But the romance, if such it was, ended with the picture. * * * There’s Brent for you — an earnest, good looking, well-to-do young star, who is interested in many’ things but whose “after hour” activities are limited to pleasant enough amusements and whose chief excitement, when off. the Warner Bros. lot is avoiding schemers, salesmen, phonies and girls who think he’s too good a man to let go to waste. Wonder if he keeps a little red note book? Your Inquiring Reporter. HUNTING and deep sea fish ing are two of George Brent's ® favorite pastimes when he’s not working. POLO is a passion with the star. He comes of cavalryman stock and is mad about horses. He never misses a game, when at all possible / BADMINTON is a new sport for Brent, who _ incidentally is one of Hollywood’s crack tennis players. EXERCISE is a fetish with Brent, who keeps in condition by regular work in the gymnasium in his home. He has to be in shape for strenuous pictures. such as “The Go Getter,” in which he is BOXING is a real sport for the film star. He’s shown here working with a sand bag, which is an_ entirely different thing to attend, either as player or spectator. co-starred with Anita Louise. It opens at the from punching a regulation wind filled bag. OPE ep a TRCGTC ON di cemsccesmensicctne ancestors. Page Seven