John Barrymore
John Barrymore
John Sidney Blyth Barrymore (February 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an acclaimed American actor. 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 passing in 1942. Today John Barrymore is mostly known 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. A 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.
Acted Movies
Director: Howard Hawks
Writers: Preston Sturges,
Cast: Billie Seward, Carole Lombard, Charles Lane, Dale Fuller, Edgar Kennedy, Etienne Girardot, John Barrymore, Ralph Forbes, Roscoe Karns, Walter Connolly,
Director: George Cukor
Writers: Herman J. Mankiewicz,
Cast: Billie Burke, Edmund Lowe, Jean Harlow, Jean Hersholt, John Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Lionel Barrymore, Madge Evans, Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery,
Director: Edmund Goulding
Writers: Vicki Baum,
Cast: Ferdinand Gottschalk, Greta Garbo, Jean Hersholt, Joan Crawford, John Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Lionel Barrymore, Purnell Pratt, Robert McWade, Wallace Beery,
