JACK O'CONNELL'S "THE GREENWICH VILLAGE STORY", THE 1961 INDEPENDENT FEATURE SHOT IN NYC, WAS JOHN BRENT'S SCREEN DEBUT. THE GAS LIGHT CAFE ON MCDOUGAL STREET JUST NORTH OF BLEEKER IN THE HEART OF GREENWICH VILLAGE WAS THE SCENE OF JOHN'S PERFORMANCE.
THE BEATNIKS WERE FADING AND THE HIPPIES HAD NOT YET ARRIVED. BIBLE LAND WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME, AS WAS JOHN BRENT.
John was a good friend..."gifted", to put it lightly.
robertrothman 2 months ago