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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.
As actor
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Complicated Women
The Casting Couch
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Going Hollywood: The '30s
The Horror of It All
The Horror Show
That's Entertainment, Part II
It's Showtime
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Brasileiros em Hollywood
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Yesterday and Today
The Golden Twenties
Okay for Sound
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Playmates
World Premiere
The Invisible Woman
The Great Profile
Midnight
The Great Man Votes
Land of Liberty
The Green Goddess