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Tag Archives: John Barrymore
True Confession (1937) Wesley Ruggles, Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore
Helen and Ken are a pretty strange couple. She is a pathological liar, and he is a scrupulously honest (and therefore unsuccessful) lawyer. Read More »
Night Flight (1933) Clarence Brown
Polio breaks out in Rio de Janeiro, the serum is in Santiago and there’s only one way to get the medicine Read More »
Beau Brummel (1924) Harry Beaumont, John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Willard Louis
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Read More »
The Great Man Votes (1939) Garson Kanin, John Barrymore, Peter Holden, Virginia Weidler
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book-to-bottle. Read More »
Sherlock Holmes (1922) Albert Parker
One of Barrymore’s most prestigious early roles, this rarely seen film also presents screen debuts of William Powell and Roland Young. Read More »
Eternal Love (1929) Ernst Lubitsch, John Barrymore, Camilla Horn, Victor Varconi
In a Swiss Village in 1806, the fiery Marcus and the local clergyman’s niece Ciglia are passionately in love. Read More »
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937) Louis King, John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell
The girlfriend of Captain Drummond has been kidnapped by an enemy of Drummond who seeks revenge. Read More »
Rasputin and the Empress (1932) Richard Boleslawski, John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore
As Europe looms on the edge of war in 1913, the family and members of the court of the Russian czar Nicholas Read More »
Twentieth Century (1934) Howard Hawks, John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly
Broadway director Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore) is a bigger ham than most actors Read More »
A Bill of Divorcement (1932) George Cukor, John Barrymore, Katharine Hepburn, Billie Burke
After spending fifteen years in an asylum, Hilary Fairfield escapes from the institution after regaining his sanity. Read More »
Dinner at Eight (1933) George Cukor, Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery
Millicent Jordan is pre-occupied with the plans she is making for a high-class dinner party. Read More »
Romeo and Juliet (1936) George Cukor, Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore, Drama, Romance
The Montagues and the Capulets, two powerful families of Verona, hate each other. Read More »
Playmates (1941) David Butler, Kay Kyser, John Barrymore, Lupe Velez, Comedy, Musical
The Great Profile (1940) Walter Lang, John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Gregory Ratoff, Comedy
Barrymore lampoons himself. A famous actor, given to drink, nearly destroys the show, but his leading lady returns to save it. Meanwhile a young girl tries to reform him.
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