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Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931), and remains best known to modern audiences for the role of the villainous Mr. Potter character in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. He is also particularly remembered as Ebenezer Scrooge in annual broadcasts of A Christmas Carol during his last two decades. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.
Lionel Barrymore was born Lionel Herbert Blythe in Philadelphia, the son of actors Georgiana Drew Barrymore and Maurice Barrymore. He was the elder brother of Ethel and John Barrymore, the uncle of John Drew Barrymore and Diana Barrymore and the granduncle of Drew Barrymore, among other members of the Barrymore family. Barrymore was raised a Roman Catholic. He attended the Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia. He attended private schools as a child, including the Art Students League of New York.
James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor, known for his distinctive drawl and down-to-earth persona. He starred in many films that are considered to be classics, and is known for portraying an American middle-class man struggling with a crisis.
Stewart was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition for The Philadelphia Story (1940) and receiving one Lifetime Achievement award. Stewart was named the third greatest male screen legend of the Golden Age Hollywood by the American Film Institute. He was a major Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract star. He also had a noted military career and was a World War II and Vietnam War veteran, who rose to the rank of brigadier general in the United States Air Force Reserve.
Stewart was born on May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, the son of Elizabeth Ruth Jackson (1875–1953) and Alexander Maitland Stewart (1871–1961), who owned a hardware store. He had Irish and Scottish ancestry, and was raised as a Presbyterian. He was descended from veterans of the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the American Civil War. The eldest of three children (he had two younger sisters, Virginia and Mary), he was expected to continue his father's business, which had been in the family for three generations. His mother was an excellent pianist but his father discouraged Stewart's request for lessons. When his father accepted a gift of an accordion from a guest, young Stewart quickly learned to play the instrument, which became a fixture offstage during his acting career. As the family grew, music continued to be an important part of family life.
Hello. Here's another movie for you to watch with Lionel Barrymore and Lew Ayres. I would watch "The Secret of Dr. Kildare", first. This movie is very interesting, especially for the era that in which it was made The subject of the film, which I don't want to give away, in the field of medicine, was quite a new one, and historically significant. (Nat Pendleton is, as always, is "Mr. Comic Relief"...what a great character actor he was!) Enjoy! Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE so you know when a "new" Classic is added to our growing Classic Film Channel! Cast: Lew Ayres as Dr. Kildare Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Leonard Gillespie Laraine Day as Nurse Mary Lamont Shepperd Strudwick as Dr. Gregory 'Greg' Lane Samuel S. Hinds as Dr. Stephen Kildare Emma Dunn as Mrs. Martha Kildare Nat Pendleton as Jo...
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Lionel Barrymore 1957 15:11 Lionel Barrymore speaks of his life, his transition. His mother and father were there, friends and people he know in the business (show business.) he describes great plays with all kinds of lights and colors, magnificent spectacles, of meeting Shakespeare and many other famous singers and such. He says he didn't get along with his brother John on earth, but now they get along fine. "... and also I have a dog here, that I am very fond of ... if anyone told me, years ago when I was on earth, that animals existed after death ... oh, I was pretty broad mined about these things, I wouldn't have believed that ... I have a realization now, that we are very much responsible for the animal kingdom, they depend a great deal on us, more than we realize ...we help them ...
Dr Gillespie's cancer is worsening, but he still wants to continue his research work. With a mind on getting Gillespie to rest for a while, Dr Kildare accepts a case of hysterical blindness and refuses to assist Dr Gillepsie until it is solved.
Subscribe to CLASSIC TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u43jDe Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6h Subscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUn Like us on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/1QyRMsE Follow us on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/1ghOWmt On Borrowed Time (1939) Official Trailer - Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke Movie HD From the beloved Paul Osborn play, this endearing fantasy of family, love and mortality moves effortlessly from rollicking to whimsical to tragic. Lionel Barrymore plays Gramps, leading a sterling cast of character stars, including Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel, Henry Travers and, as a most wry and gentlemanly Grim Reaper, Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Welcome to the Fandango MOVIECLIPS Trailer Vault Channel. Where trailers from the past, from recent to long ago, from a time before YouTub...
The Bells is a 1926 American crime film directed by James Young, starring Lionel Barrymore and featuring Boris Karloff. The story had been performed on the stage in the 19th century by Sir Henry Irving as The Bells.
John Barrymore as the Baron, Joan Crawford as Flaemmchen and Lionel Barrymore as Otto Kringelein. Grand Hotel won the Academy Award for Best Picture, none of the artists were nominated though.
Biographies 4: (Actors and Actresses) Lionel Barrymore
John Barrymore arrives from Hollywood to appear on Broadway in My Dear Children and Mr. Barrymore has some fun with the newsreel cameraman. Train past camera, train away from camera, John Barrymore is mobbed by huge crowd of his fans as he enters theatre. Barrymore making himself up in dressing room. Barrymore enjoys an interview with the Pathe News cameraman.
Filmed in 1939, an inebriated John Barrymore was on the eve of his return to Broadway for a comedy entitled, My Dear Children with his fourth wife, Elaine Jacobs. The play ran for thirty-three weeks around the country and gained him a lot of publicity, but it was mainly for his profane ad-libbing and straying off into tangents on-stage. It was a train-wreck as described by his friend Eloise Sheldon, "He broke my heart. He could be so wonderful, but by the time I knew him he was already destroyed. We shared the alley where the Selwyn and Harris Theatres joined, and I could have cried daily to see the curious that came around just to see what shocking things he'd say or do. Because he could be so simple and dear, it was one of the saddest things I've ever seen." Orson Welles befriended Barry...
Lionel Barrymore and Marie Dressler at the 1932 Academy Awards.
Click on "Show More" for more. Drew talks to interviewer, Chantal, about her drug use as a child. Also, movie clips are shown of her famous relatives: Her father John Barrymore, Jr., grandfather John Barrymore, her grandfather's older brother Lionel Barrymore, and great aunt Ethel Barrymore. They were all famous for movies and stage work. Drew's aunt Diana Barrymore, died from alcohol at the age of 39. I can still remember when Diana died - everyone was shocked because she was young and beautiful, also popular in the social whirl because of her family background. It was very big news when it happened! Previous Comments: Josie Posie She has the Barrymore nose. Maddie Walters Very smart mikeandkimarecool Thank God she saved herself ...... shes awesome. Her first Jessica Dipple movi...
This is part 1 of the 1960's t.v. series Biography narrated by Mike Wallace and dedicated entirely to John Barrymore.
Starring: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Henry Daniell, Lenore Ulric, Laura Hope Crews, Rex O'Malley, Mariska Aldrich, Marion Ballou, Phyllis Barry, May Beatty, Daisy Belmore, Wilson Benge Camille Trailer (1936) http://movieweb.com/movie/camille-1936/ Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier (Greta Garbo), the Camille of this sumptuous romance tale based on the enduring Alexandre Dumas story. Garbo's aloof mystique and alabaster beauty illuminate this George Cukor-directed film featuring what many call her finest performance. Her Camille is a...
Starring: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Edmund Lowe, Billie Burke, Madge Evans, Jean Hersholt, Karen Morley, Louise Closser Hale, Phillips Holmes, May Robson, Grant Mitchell Dinner at Eight Trailer (1934) http://movieweb.com/movie/dinner-at-eight/ Social climbing Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a bunch of New York society types, each of whom has much to reveal. Subscribe to our Movie Channels: MOVIE TRAILERS: https://goo.gl/LdHc6Y MOVIEWEB: https://goo.gl/WI6mQ9 Follow Us: http://movieweb.com/ https://www.facebook.com/MovieWeb/ https://twitter.com/seetrailers https://twitter.com/movieweb https://plus.google.com/+movieweb/posts https://www.instagram.com/movieweb/ https://flipboard.com/@movieweb
Starring: Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Jean Hersholt, Henry Wadsworth, Donald Meek, Jessie Ralph, Ivan F. Simpson, Franklyn Ardell, Leila Bennett, June Gittelson, Carroll Borland, Holmes Herbert, Michael Visaroff Mark of the Vampire Trailer (1935) http://movieweb.com/movie/mark-of-the-vampire/ Sir Karell Borotyn appears to have been killed by Count Mora, a vampire believed to haunt the local village. Now his daughter Irena is the count's next target. Enter Professor Zelen, an expert on vampires who's sent in to prevent her death. At the same time, secrets are revealed surrounding the circumstances of Sir Karell's death. Subscribe to our Movie Channels: MOVIE TRAILERS: https://goo.gl/LdHc6Y MOVIEWEB: https://goo.gl/WI6mQ9 Follow Us: http://movieweb.com/...
Starring: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton, Rafaela Ottiano, Robert Greig, Lucy Beaumont, Henry B. Walthall, Grace Ford, Pedro de Cordoba, Arthur Hohl, Juanita Quigley, Claire Du Brey, Rollo Lloyd, E. Alyn Warren, Jean Alden The Devil-Doll Trailer (1936) http://movieweb.com/movie/the-devil-doll/ Paul Lavond was a respected banker in Paris when he was framed for robbery and murder by crooked associates and sent to Devil's Island. Years later, he escapes with a friend, a scientist who was working on a method to reduce humans to a height of mere inches (all for the good of humanity, of course). Lavond however is consumed with hatred for the men who betrayed him, and takes the scientist's methods back to Paris to exact painful revenge. Subscribe to our Movie Channels: MOVI...
Starring: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Frank Morgan, Walter Pidgeon Saratoga Trailer (1937) http://movieweb.com/movie/saratoga/ A horse breeder's (Lionel Barrymore) granddaughter (Jean Harlow) falls in love with a gambler (Clark Gable) in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Subscribe to our Movie Channels: MOVIE TRAILERS: https://goo.gl/LdHc6Y MOVIEWEB: https://goo.gl/WI6mQ9 Follow Us: http://movieweb.com/ https://www.facebook.com/MovieWeb/ https://twitter.com/seetrailers https://twitter.com/movieweb https://plus.google.com/+movieweb/posts https://www.instagram.com/movieweb/ https://flipboard.com/@movieweb
Starring: Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas, Charley Grapewin, Mickey Rooney, John Carradine, Oscar O'Shea, Jack La Rue, Walter Kingsford, Donald Briggs, Sam McDaniel, Bill Burrud, Norman Ainsley, Wally Albright Captains Courageous Trailer (1937) http://movieweb.com/movie/captains-courageous/ Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man. Subscribe to our Movie Channels: MOVIE TRAILERS: https://goo.gl/LdHc6Y...
The Bells is a 1926 American crime film directed by James Young, starring Lionel Barrymore and featuring Boris Karloff. Inspired by a poem by Edgar Allan Poe