John Barrymore

John Barrymore

February 15, 1882

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 motio…

Known For

18 titles
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Grand Hotel

Grand Hotel

1932 · 1h 52m · Movie

A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.

7.3
2
Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight

1933 · 1h 51m · Movie

As an aspiring New York socialite prepares for a lavish dinner party, her guests find themselves consumed by a tangle of business, romantic, and personal crises - all of which come to a head on the big night.

7.5
3
Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century

1934 · 1h 31m · Movie

A flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his failing career.

7.3
4
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1920 · 1h 9m · Movie

Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

6.9
5
Midnight

Midnight

1939 · 1h 34m · Movie

A chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver.

7.8
6
The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman

1940 · 1h 12m · Movie

An attractive model with an ulterior motive volunteers as guinea pig for an invisibility machine.

6.0
7
Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

1938 · 2h 29m · Movie

The tragic life of Marie Antoinette, who became queen of France in her late teens.

7.3
8
A Bill of Divorcement

A Bill of Divorcement

1932 · 1h 10m · Movie

A man, Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in a mental asylum. However, he finds things are not the way they were when he left.

6.5
9
Counsellor at Law

Counsellor at Law

1933 · 1h 22m · Movie

A successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns that his wife has been unfaithful.

7.5
10
Topaze

Topaze

1933 · 1h 18m · Movie

An honest and naive schoolteacher gets a lesson in how the world works outside the classroom, when a rich Baron and his mistress use the teacher's name and outstanding reputation in a crooked business scheme.

6.7
11
Night Flight

Night Flight

1933 · 1h 24m · Movie

Polio breaks out in Rio de Janeiro, the serum is in Santiago and there's only one way to get the medicine where it's desperately needed: flown in by daring pilots who risk the treacherous weather and forbidding peaks of the Andes.

6.2
12
The Beloved Rogue

The Beloved Rogue

1927 · 1h 39m · Movie

François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.

7.0
13
Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

1922 · 1h 25m · Movie

A young Sherlock Holmes seeks to bring down the criminal mastermind Moriarty as he solves a crime involving a blackmailed prince.

5.7
14
Movie Maniacs

Movie Maniacs

1936 · 18m · Movie

The Stooges arrive in Hollywood hoping to make it in the movie business ("There must be a couple a hundred guys in Hollywood who don't know anything about making movies, three more ain't gonna make any difference".) They sneak int...

7.5
15
Spawn of the North

Spawn of the North

1938 · 1h 50m · Movie

Friends since childhood, two men are on opposite sides in a salmon fishing conflict.

6.7
16
Tempest

Tempest

1928 · 1h 42m · Movie

In Czarist Russia, a peasant officer, resented by the aristocrats, falls in love with a princess.

6.7
17
Coded

Coded

2021 · 29m · Movie

Follows the illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, whose legacy laid the foundation for today's out-and-proud LGBTQ advertisements.

7.3
18
The Golden Twenties

The Golden Twenties

1950 · 1h 8m · Movie

Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.

6.6