THE BARRYMORE FAMILY

The Barrymore Family has been tied up with Hollywood for generations from Ethel, John (center, above) and Lionel to John's son, John Drew Barrymore (at right), to his daughter, Drew Barrymore (left). . . . Their acting legacy goes back decades and generations before that on stages around the world.

Drew Barrymore's great-uncle Lionel appeared in Mark of the Vampire (1935) with the likes of Lionel Atwill and Jean Hersholt, not to mention some outstanding character actors.

Mark of the Vampire is great good fun but especially so on rainy afternoons, dark and stormy nights and . . . oh . . . by the way . . . Halloween!

The Devil Doll (1936)

Be sure to check out the ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: Whimsy page here. . . . The second story down is about the "Chaplin Court" and has some interesting things to say about those in the Barrymore family living there!

John Barrymore

John Barrymore as Richard III

From Shakespeare's Richard VI Part II

Maven was lucky enough to come across two clips of John Barrymore, the first is an introduction to the second where he is Richard III from Shakespeare's Richard VI Part II that was part of The Show of Shows (1929):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J8dnh2kye4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdy2sUKxfDE

What makes the second clip downright poignant is watching this clip and knowing how deminished his powers were just a few years later, when Barrymore was as close to being a parody of himself in movies like The Invisible Woman (1942).

Joan Crawford about John Barrymore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF_Whuj0zuQ

John Barrymore in an 1939 interview on which he prefers: Stage or Movies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsh25qKnfws&feature=related

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"Beau Brummel" (1924)

Test with Mary Astor and John Barrymore

"Beau Brummel" (1924)

MARY ASTOR wrote quite a bit about knowing "The Great Profile," John Barrymore, in her A Life on Film by Mary Astot; Delacourte Press; 1967, 1968, 1971. . . .

Fascinating:

Mary Astor on John Barrymore (Part One)

Mary Astor on John Barrymore (Part Two)

Mary Astor on John Barrymore (Part Three)

"Beau Brummel" (1924)

With John Barrymore (right) and Mary Astor (third from right)