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Brent Reid

Brent Reid

I started Brenton Film because I love film – quelle surprise! The silent era, 1930s and 1940s especially get my literary juices flowing, so you'll see a lot about those. For more, see the About page and read this before emailing.

  • Robert Donat Collectors Guide, Part 3

    by Brent Reid 18th October 2024

    1935–1939 He marches triumphant through the 1930s, topping it with cinema’s biggest prize Iconic: Stars in Alfred Hitchcock’s best film and a blueprint for his later success Followed with dual …

  • Robert Donat Collectors Guide, Part 2

    by Brent Reid 18th October 2024

    1932–1934 Shooting star: By his late 20s, Robert Donat had assumed leading man status Sadly, his first two films are lost and the third is a shadow of its former …

  • Robert Donat Collectors Guide

    by Brent Reid 18th October 2024

    Britain’s biggest stage, radio and film star of the early sound era Carved internationally renowned career despite lifelong ill-health Hollywood and Broadway beckoned but he resisted big money offers Mostly worked …

  • John Wayne Collectors Guide: The Big Trail (1930)

    by Brent Reid 24th February 2024

    John Wayne’s first starring role gave him a leg up to superstardom Jaw-dropping recreation of a pioneer wagon train’s journey west The Big Movie: Two aspect ratios, five languages and …

  • Josef von Sternberg Collectors Guide: The Blue Angel (1930)

    by Brent Reid 18th February 2024

    Master director Josef von Sternberg’s iconic early work launched Marlene Dietrich to international stardom Spawned stage and screen legend’s signature song, instant hit and lasting standard, “Falling in Love Again” …

  • William Wyler Collectors Guide: The Big Country (1958), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 21st January 2024

    The Big Score Music for this star-studded Western epic remains composer Jerome Moross’s best known work After much musicological commentary, first complete physical and recorded history of his score A …

  • William Wyler Collectors Guide: The Big Country (1958)

    by Brent Reid 21st January 2024

    The Big Releases and The Westerner Detailing every worldwide home video release of William Wyler’s iconic Western It couldn’t be seen properly for almost 60 years following original theatrical run …

  • Making of a Masterpiece: The Big Country (1958), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 21st January 2024

    The Big Picture Examining technicalities of bringing Wyler’s iconic Western to the big screen Director’s Cold War allegory sets in opposition little people with big problems Lust, greed and egos …

  • Making of a Masterpiece: The Big Country (1958)

    by Brent Reid 11th January 2024

    The Big Production The other magnum opus of William Wyler, director of Ben-Hur and The Best Years of Our Lives An array of top Hollywood talent is headed by prime-era …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents Collectors Guide, Part 2

    by Brent Reid 30th July 2021

    Soundtracks and spin-offs The Master’s long-running series spawned many equally popular works in other media Numerous tie-ins and spin-offs also include radio remakes and countless creepy books 1980s TV reboot …

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