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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 »
Marie Antoinette (1938) W.S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier, Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore
The life of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) from betrothal and marriage in 1770 to her beheading. 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
Midnight (1939) Mitchell Leisen, Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Comedy, Romance
Showgirl Eve, stranded in Paris without a sou, befriends taxi driver Tibor Czerny, then gives him the slip to crash a party. Read More »
Tempest (1928) Sam Taylor, Lewis Milestone, John Barrymore, Camilla Horn, Louis Wolheim, Drama, Romance
In the final days of Czarist Russia, a peasant is raised from the ranks to Lieutenant. The other officers, aristocrats all, resent him, and make his life difficult. Read More »
Svengali (1931) Archie Mayo, John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Sinister music maestro Svengali can control the actions of women through hypnotism and his telepathic powers. Read More »
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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