#johnbarrymore

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John Barrymore Self-Portrait, John Barrymore, 1920, Smithsonian: National Portrait Gallery

Size: Image: 43 × 31.8 cm (16 15/16 × 12 1/2") Medium: Pencil and watercolor on paper

https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.71.33

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

JOHN BARRYMORE. Dixie’s Dainty Cups Packed with Ice Cream. Free ! Large Pictures of Your Favorite Movie Stars for Saving Dixie Lids. Ask Your Dealer for Free Album Describing Plan.

[katharinehxpburn]

“She didn’t seem to woo the audience. Then suddenly she smiled that warm, forthright smile and a star was born.” - Forever Katie by George Cukor (A Photoplay magazine article George did about KH, February 1948)⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ That lovely warm smile is shown here in a promotional photo for A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT (1932) with John Barrymore ❤️⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #georgecukor #katharinehepburn #hepburn ⁣⁣ #barrymore #johnbarrymore #smile #billofdivorcement #abillofdivorcement #actress #lovely #photoplaymagazine #photoplay #astarisborn ⁣⁣ https://www.instagram.com/p/CKFUkH4lHJf/?igshid=fct0hbtx4mk4

[shawnvanbriesen]

On the drawing board. WIP. John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly attempted a career as an artist, but appeared on stage together with his father Maurice in 1900, and then his sister Ethel the following year. He began his career in 1903 and first gained attention as a stage actor in light comedy, then high drama, culminating in productions of Justice (1916), Richard III (1920) and Hamlet (1922); his portrayal of Hamlet led to him being called the "greatest living American tragedian". After a success as Hamlet in London in 1925, Barrymore left the stage for 14 years and instead focused entirely on films. In the silent film era, he was well received in such pictures as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Sherlock Holmes (1922) and The Sea Beast (1926). During this period, he gained his nickname, the Great Profile. His stage-trained voice proved an asset when sound films were introduced, and three of his works, Grand Hotel (1932), Twentieth Century (1934) and Midnight (1939) have been inducted into the National Film Registry. #oldhollywood #johnbarrymore #classichollywood #vintage #hollywood #goldenageofhollywood #cinema #classic #vintagehollywood #icon #oldhollywoodglamour #oldmovies #classicmovies #legend #silverscreen #oldhollywoodstars #heartbreakcity #moviestar #retro #actor #movies #goldenage #vintagestyle #classicfilm #beauty #glamour #oldhollywoodglam #shawnvanbriesen (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_UxwNcAKBN/?igshid=e2qfp3fcifil

[adamwatchesmovies]

The Invisible Woman (1940)

Based on the unexpected quality of the previous movie in the Invisible Man series, I was looking forward to The Invisible Woman. Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot happening here to prevent your mind from wandering. At 72 minutes, it’s repetitive and generic. It'll disappear from your mind as surely as its heroine does.

Professor Gibbs (John Barrymore) has developed a process that’ll make anyone invisible. He just needs a subject to test it on to ensure his continued funding from Dick Russell (John Howard). After putting an ad in the newspaper, department store model Kitty Carroll (Virginia Bruce) volunteers. While she uses her new-found invisibility to get revenge upon her jerk of a boss, Mr. Growley (Charles Lane), a group of mobsters have their own nefarious plans for the machine…

Unlike the previous Invisible films, this one’s a comedy. Russell’s butler is always fainting, falling down or getting knocked over. The crime boss who wants to make people invisible employs a trio of goons who might as well be the Three Stooges (in fact, one of them is played by Shemp Howard). While Jack Griffin was strangling his enemies to death with his bare hands, Kitty is pretending to be her boss’ conscience while she kicks him in the behind. While invisible, she gets drunk and the flustered men around her barely know what to do while she runs circles around them. There are some laughs, the kind that you’d find in a sitcom. In fact, the ending comes straight out of a TV show that's run out of ideas but desperately wants to go on for another season.

There’s an overall lack of imagination throughout and while the special effects were impressive for the time, they’re noticeably worse than in The Invisible Man Returns (released earlier the same year) or in the 1933 original. If you find yourself watching this screwball comedy, it moves quickly enough for you not to be bored but you won’t care about the plot. You’ll be more amused by random things throughout, like Professor Gibbs’ maid, played by Margaret Hamilton (better known as the Wicked Witch from The Wizard of Oz) or the realization that, for the time, this was considered a risqué film because of the scenes in which Virginia Bruce disrobes down to her underwear and then runs around naked (although invisible) for most of the film. How times have changed…

The Invisible Woman is not really any worse than some of the other bad Universal Monsters sequels but it doesn't feature any of the original “monsters” and isn't in the same continuity as the other movies. Completists will watch it once and that's it. Everyone else needn't bother. (On DVD, March 5, 2020)

[imcharliebrown]

La felicità spesso si insinua attraverso una porta che non sapevate di aver lasciato aperta. (John Barrymore) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happiness often creeps through a door you didn't know you had left open. (John Barrymore) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #andreamichienzi #panasonicphotography #panasonicitalia #lumixphotography #fz200 #travelfriends3 #yallyally #johnbarrymore #vintagephoto #vintageitalia #vintagestyle #colourful_shots #openthedoor #detailshots #dettagli #yallerscalabria #shotz_of_calabria #super_calabria_channel #calabriadaamare #italianclassic #italia_cartoline #italianvintage (presso Acconia) https://www.instagram.com/p/By7PT9Oo5EZ/?igshid=1tkcdj6bb678p

[vintagexpast]

Drew Barrymore’s Fucked Up Childhood

Her mother was trash and so was every other adult in her life. She was an alcoholic since the age of 9... it’s so sad

Part 1:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk1JKg5Fygz/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1tdqzj7o4luzy

Part 2:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk1b7yRF995/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1mh8vcb5yj7uh

Part 3:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk1dTAkF4e-/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=ig4bbju93j5

Part 4:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk1epQaFC1B/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1g5wuk7p0kb0f

Part 5:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk1e9j9lI_h/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1vgvyelb16zq4

[citizenscreen]

Honoring #JohnBarrymore with the folks from @FortLeeFilm