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John Sidney Blyth (February 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942), better known as John Barrymore, was an American actor of stage and screen. He first gained fame as a handsome stage actor in light comedy, then high drama and culminating in groundbreaking portrayals in Shakespearean plays Hamlet and Richard III. His success continued with motion pictures in various genres in both the silent and sound eras. Barrymore's personal life has been the subject of much writing before and since his death in 1942. Today John Barrymore is known mostly for his portrayal of Hamlet and for his roles in movies like Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (1920), Grand Hotel (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Twentieth Century (1934), and Don Juan (1926), the first ever movie to use a Vitaphone soundtrack.
The most prominent member of a multi-generation theatrical dynasty, he was the brother of Lionel Barrymore and Ethel Barrymore, and was the paternal grandfather of Drew Barrymore.
Barrymore was born in the Philadelphia home of his maternal grandmother. His parents were Maurice Barrymore and Georgie Drew Barrymore. His maternal grandmother was Louisa Lane Drew (aka Mrs Drew), a prominent and well-respected 19th-century actress and theater manager, who instilled in him and his siblings the ways of acting and theatre life. His uncles were John Drew, Jr. and Sidney Drew.
John Barrymore Biography - part 1
John Barrymore Interview 1940
John Barrymore Screen Test for Hamlet (1933)
John Barrymore (Interview / Drunk)
John Barrymore Hamlet's Soliloqoy
John Barrymore, Joan Crawford and Lionel Barrymore in Edmund Goulding's Grand Hotel (1932)
Svengali (1931) JOHN BARRYMORE
Misterios y escándalos: John Barrymore
Christopher Plummer as John Barrymore Introduces Himself | Great Performances | PBS
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman-1917-John Barrymore-A handsome jewel thief-Early policier
Actors: Christopher Plummer (producer), Daniela Saioni (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Plummer (actor), Jean-François Bergeron (editor), Michel Corriveau (composer), Gene Saks (producer), Erik Canuel (writer), Erik Canuel (director), Garth H. Drabinsky (producer), Steve Kalafer (producer), Andrew Wolinsky (miscellaneous crew), Peter LeDonne (producer), William Luce (writer), Lucia Haliburton (miscellaneous crew), Kelly Ebers (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Tony Sommers (actor), Mickey Faerch (actress), Austin Keeling (editor), Jerry TerHorst (actor), Diane Chambers (actress), John P. Parker (actor), Ellery Truesdell (actor), Beth Rowe (actress), Nathaniel Schermerhorn (director), Nathaniel Schermerhorn (writer), Anthony D. Bell (actor), Shelbi Jay (editor), Faith Tucker (composer), Lucy Yin (producer), Lucia Solares (actress),
Genres: Mystery, Short,Actors: João Baião (actor), Ricardo Carriço (actor), Diogo Infante (actor), Cristina Carvalhal (actress), Fernanda Lapa (actress), Maria Henrique (actress), Maria Henrique (writer), Fernando Ávila (director), Aníbal Carocinho (editor), António Esteves (editor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Barbara Hershey (actress), Andrew Gottlieb (producer), Robert Banas (actor), Hal Linden (actor), Alan Oppenheimer (actor), Lee Purcell (actress), Darren McGavin (actor), Denise Crosby (actress), George Coe (actor), John Dennis Johnston (actor), James Bacon (actor), Carl Esmond (actor), David Schroeder (actor), Ken Thorne (composer), Don Taylor (writer),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Bernadette Peters (actress), Linda Purl (actress), Bill Zuckert (actor), Valerie Perrine (actress), Frank De Vol (actor), Rod Steiger (actor), Louis Zorich (actor), Dana Elcar (actor), Kenneth Tobey (actor), John Marley (actor), Billy Barty (actor), Paul Stewart (actor), John Bleifer (actor), Edith Head (costume designer), Henry Mancini (composer),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Charles Evans (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Malcolm Atterbury (actor), John Doucette (actor), Jim Bannon (actor), Peter Brown (actor), Paul Bryar (actor), Robert Burton (actor), Robert Carson (actor), Larry J. Blake (actor), Ray Danton (actor), Francis De Sales (actor), John Dennis (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Errol Flynn (actor),
Plot: Diana Barrymore, daughter of iconic actor John Barrymore, expresses a desire to end her ten year estrangement with her famous actor father John, who's destroying his iconic career with his alcoholic, self-destructive lifestyle. Despite her socialite mother's misgivings she reestablishes her relationship with him and finds herself attracted to the exploitive blandishments of a Hollywood career and soon finds herself in the same downward spiral.
Keywords: actor, actress, adolescent, affection, alcoholic, alcoholism, baldness, based-on-autobiography, based-on-book, battered-womanActors: George McKay (actor), Vinton Hayworth (actor), Barry Norton (actor), Jack Carr (actor), John Barrymore (actor), Leon Belasco (actor), Bert Moorhouse (actor), Bill Cartledge (actor), Hobart Cavanaugh (actor), Joseph E. Bernard (actor), George Cleveland (actor), Ray Cooke (actor), Jerry Frank (actor), Jack Gargan (actor), Glenn Strange (actor),
Plot: Lulu Monahan ('Patsy Kelly' (qv)), the press agent for John Barrymore ('John Barrymore (I)' (qv)),is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program. To that end, she and the agent for bandleader Kay Kyser ('Kay Kyser' (qv)), plant a story that the great Shakespearean actor, over his heartfelt objections, will teach Kyser how to play Shakespeare, which isn't the same as playing Paducah, which soon becomes evident. Highlights are the singing of Ginny Simms and a rumba by Lupe Velez; lowlights already cited.
Keywords: actor, actor-reprises-previous-role, band, bandleader, bullfighter, charity, conspiracy, contract, critically-bashed, dreamActors: James Conaty (actor), D'Arcy Corrigan (actor), Scotty Beckett (actor), Charles Arnt (actor), Wally Albright (actor), George Chesebro (actor), Charles Brinley (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Georgie Billings (actor), Granville Bates (actor), Tommy Bupp (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Tom Chatterton (actor), William B. Davidson (actor),
Genres: Comedy,