Celebrity Film Star : John Barrymore

From 1929, "The Great Profile" performs a Richard III soliloquy from Henry VI, iii. Arguably John Barrymore's best Shakespearean performance captured on film.

This video is an interview with movie star Joan Crawford. Here she talks about working with famous actor John Barrymore during the making of the classic mgm film 'Grand Hotel, 1932' which also starred...

Here's why we love pre-code talkies...

Tribute to John Barrymore legend of stage and screen Music 'Don't Look Back into the Sun' by The Libertines

John's very last acting performance was a rehearsal for show # 82 of the Rudy Vallee Sealtest Program on May 19th 1942. His last words spoken were from Shakespeare's ROMEO & JULIET. Shortly after,...

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Dr. Henry Jekyll (John Barrymore) is working on separating the good and evil aspects from a person's persona and comes up with a potion that holds the key. Using himself as a guinea pig, Dr. Jekyll...

Which does he prefer....the stage or the screen? John answers another question sent in by the listeners of a local Omaha radio program.

Flaemchen and the Baron's first encounter, played by Joan Crawford and John Barrymore in the pre-code masterpiece Grand Hotel, 1932. Aren't they wonderful, dancing around each other? And just look at...

A clip from 1936's Romeo And Juliet. Please excuse the poor quality!

Beautiful pics. of the handsome, talented actor.

This is the famous scene where John Barrymore kisses Dolores Costello so passionately that she faints in his arms afterwards. Barrymore, of course, wanted to do more takes and when it came to editing,...

John Barrymore gets visited by a local OMAHA radio station on the day of opening new play MY DEAR CHILDREN, April 1939. Talks affectionately about his new starring lady DOROTHY mcguire.

Marie Antoinette is a 1938 film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power and John Barrymore. This was Irving Thalberg's last project while head of production at MGM. At...

John Barrymore recites Gene Fowler's poem 'The Cowboy's Lament'. Gene was working at MGM on what proved to be his final script credit, mgm's BILLY THE KID. His favorite work on BILLY THE KID was a...