John Barrymore
Acting
Born 1882-02-15 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Died 1942-05-29
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.
Acting
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
Archival Footage
Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Hamlet (archive sound)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
The Horror of It All
Svengali (archive footage)
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
MGM Parade
Self
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
The Golden Twenties
Self (archive footage)
Okay for Sound
Don Juan (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
Playmates
John Barrymore
World Premiere
Duncan DeGrasse
The Invisible Woman
Professor Gibbs
The Great Profile
Evans Garrick
Land of Liberty
(archive footage)
The Green Goddess
Midnight
Georges Flammarion