Scott OBrien - George Brent: Irelands Gift to Hollywood and Its Leading Ladies

In top-hat and tails, Brent exuded gentlemanly charm (WB) c. 1937.

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Stage Credits

(List of known plays for George Nolan/George Brent)

1921-22

The Dover Road (by A.A. Milne) Bijou Theatre, New York City, premier December 23, 1921 (ran ten months - 305 performances); Guthrie McClintic (producer/director) Cast: Charles Cherry, George Riddell, Reginald Mason, Winifred Lenihan, Molly Pearson, Lyonel Watts, Phyllis Carrington, Ann Winslow, Edwin H. Morse, George Nolan (staff/servitor)

The Dover Road On tour September-December 1922: Philadelphia, Chicago (four weeks), Cleveland, Canton, Harrisburg, Wilkes-Barre, Boston (four weeks), New York (off-Broadway)

1923

Blaney Stock Players, Gotham Theatre, Brooklyn, New York. (J.V. McShea, manager) Plays included:

The Sheiks Love (by Wilson Collison) February; Dan Malloy (director) Cast: Frances Gregg, Clifford Alexander, Miami Campbell, H.J. Montgomery, Stanley Andrews, Albert Vees, George Nolan (Ben Ali)

George Gatts Productions:

The Unwanted Child (by Florence Edna May) Play dates included: Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, September 12-17; Grand Theater, Canton, Ohio, September 24-26; Park Theater, Youngstown, Ohio, September 27-29; Trent Theatre, Trenton, N.J., October 2-3; Orpheum, Reading, Pennsylvania, November 1-4; Cast: George B. Nolan (as the young husband), Winifred Gilmore, Edwin Dudley, Fred Harvey, Violet Deane, Gertrude Boyes, Jeanette Cass

F. James Carroll Players:

Why Men Leave Home (comedy by Avery Hopwood) November 12-?, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Bennett Finn (director) Cast: Foster Williams, Frances Woodbury, George Nolan, Shirley Gray, Cecilia Frank, Emma Deweal, Walter Marshall, John E. Hinds, James Swift

1924-26

Abies Irish Rose (by Anne Nichols) on tour (Brent joined the cast in Cincinnati during its 13 week run February-April 1924) Augustus Thorne (director) Cast: George B. Nolan (Abie), Peggy Parry, Leo Hoyt, James R. Waters, Bella Pogany, Frederick Forrester, Billy Fay, Alice Dudley, Charles W. Guthrie, John F. Webber

Play dates included: Cincinnati, Omaha (four weeks August 1925), Joplin, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Dayton, Lexington, Baltimore (twelve weeks), Columbus (thirteen weeks), Dayton (eight weeks), Indianapolis (eight weeks), Louisville (eight weeks), Washington, D.C. (twelve weeks), Kansas City (fifteen weeks), Rockford, Ill. (January 1926)

The Bat (by Mary Roberts Rinehart) three-act play, on tour; unknown play dates

1926

George B. Nolan Stock Company, Nashville, North Carolina (managed by George Nolan) plays and dates unknown (cast included James Linehan)

1927

George B. Nolan Stock Company, Star Theatre, Pawtucket, Rhode Island (managed by George Nolan) summer of 1927

1927

Academy Players, Academy of Music, Northampton, MA (managed by George Nolan) Plays included:

Seventh Heaven (by John Golden) September 5-10 Cast: Helen Louise Lewis, George B. Nolan (Chico), James A. Bliss, William H. McDougal, Mike McMahon, Bettie Wilkes

New Brooms (by Frank Craven) September 13-17 Cast: Helen Louise Lewis, George B. Nolan

Dancing Mothers (by Edgar Selwyn and Edmund Goulding) September 20-25 Cast: Helen Louise Lewis, George Nolan, Grace OLeary

The Last of Mrs. Cheney (by Frederick Lonsdale) September 26-October 1 Cast: Helen Louise Lewis, George Nolan, Maxwell Driscoll, James A. Bliss

The Bride (by Stuart Olivier and George Middleton) October 10-15 Cast: Helen Louise Lewis, George B. Nolan

The Family Upstairs (by Harry Delf) October 17-22 Cast: George Nolan, Helen Louise Lewis

The Brat (by Oliver Morosco) October 25-29 Cast: Helen Louise Lewis, George Brent, John Linehan, Grace OLeary, Maxwell Driscoll, Grace Kern

Silence (by Max Marcin) October 31-November 5 Cast: Helen Louise Lewis, George Nolan

Stella Dallas (by Gertrude Purcell and Harry Wagstaff Gribble) November 14-19 Cast: Helen Louise Lewis, George B. Nolan (Richard Grosvenor)

Loose Ankles (by Sam Janney) November 21-26 Cast: George Nolan, Helen Louise Lewis

The Patsy (by Barry Conners) November 28-December 3 Cast: Helen Louise Lewis, George B. Nolan, Edward R. Davidson, Grace OLeary, James Linehan

The Man on the Roof (by Howard Irving Young) December 5-10 Cast: George Nolan

Within the Law (by Bayard Veiller) December 19-24 Cast: Helen Louise Lewis, George Nolan (Gilder), William H. MacDougall, Grace OLeary

1928

Plaza Players, Plaza Theater, St. Petersburg, Florida (George Nolan, manager) (George Earle, director) Plays included:

Why Men Leave Home (by Avery Hopwood) January 2 George Earle (director) Cast: George Nolan (Tom Morgan), Helen Louise Lewis, Lyman Hayes, Lynda Earle, Helene Pierlot, James Linehan, Vera Painter, Eleanor Likely, Bert Keller, Marion Mulligan, Eloise Eaton, William Pendexter

The Patsy (by Barry Conners) January 9 Cast: Helen Louise Lewis, George Nolan (Tony), Vera Painter, Lynda Earle, George Earle

The Hottentot (by Victor Mapes and William Collier) January 16 George Earle (director) Cast: Bert Keller, George Nolan (Sam Harrington), Helen Louise Lewis

The Dividing Line (by Will Cressy) January 23 Cast: Will Cressy, Helen Louise Lewis, George Nolan, Helene Pierlot

The Girl From Childs (by Archie Colby and Alfred Jackson) January 30 Cast: William Pendexter, George Nolan, Helen Louise Lewis

Up in Mabels Room (by Wilson Collison and Otto Hauerbach) February 6 Cast: George Nolan (Garry), Helen Louise Lewis, James Linehan, Bert Keller, Vera Painter, Helene Pierlot, Lynda Earle, William Pendexter

Tiger Rose (by Willard Mack) February 13 Cast: Helen Louise Lewis, George Nolan, Bert Keller, James Linehan, Arlan R. Thorley

The Family Upstairs (by Harry Delf) February 20 Cast: George Nolan (Mr. Heller), James Linehan, Helen Louise Lewis, Lynda Earle