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Grand Hotel review by RJNeb2 from London

Grandly entertaining 1 October 2005
... extravaganza, set in a classy Berlin hotel. Most famous segment is cat burglar John Barrymore falling for intended victim, worn-out ballerina Garbo who just wants to be alon... Read customer review

3 Classic Bulldog Drummond Films Of The Silver Screen - Bulldog Drummond's Bride review by Savage from London, England

Surprisingly good fun 2 February 2007
...star and John Howard (the definitive interpretor) took over. Sir Guy Standing, John Barrymore and H B Warner are all Colonel Neilsen, and Reginald Denny and E E Clive play t... Read customer review

While the City Sleeps review by kultguy from London

Fritz Lang’s remastered film noir classic While the City Sleeps 15 November 2010
...omen in New York fall prey to a serial sex murderer dubbed The Lipstick Killer (John Barrymore Jr – yes, that’s Drew’s dad), Price’s slimy Kyne pits his newspaper editor (Tho... Read customer review

John Barrymore - filmography

While the City Sleeps on DVD (1956)
Starring: Dana Andrews, Ida Lupino, Rhonda Fleming
Director: Fritz Lang
Certificate:
Journalist Edward Mobley finds himself out of his depth when he gets caught up in a killing spree, and a power struggle at the late Amos Kyne's media empire.

66% from 165 members

Bulldog Drummond - Double Feature - Vol. 2 on DVD (1937)
Starring: John Barrymore, John Howard, Reginald Denny
Director: Louis King, James P. Hogan
Certificate:
In BULLDOG DRUMMOND'S REVENGE, Bulldog goes to Switzerland on the trail of some missing explosives. In BULLDOG DRUMMOND'S PERIL, he foils a synthetic diamond-manufacturing ring.

52% from 34 members

Maytime (1937)
Starring: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, John Barrymore
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Certificate:
The third of MGM's profitable Jeanette MacDonald/Nelson Eddy songfests, Maytime opens in the early 20th century, with a young girl arguing with her boyfriend over her wishes to become an opera singer. The girl's neighbor, a lonely old woman whom we gradually recognize as a convincingly aged ..read more »

60% from 1 member
Currently unavailable

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back on DVD (1937)
Starring: John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell
Director: Louis King
Certificate:
Former British army officer, Colonel Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond is back on the case as a detective...

48% from 41 members

Twentieth Century (1934)
Starring: John Barrymore
Director: Howard Hawks
Certificate:
Broadway director Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore) is a bigger ham than most actors, but through sheer drive and talent he is able to build a successful career. When one of his discoveries, Lily Garland (Carole Lombard), rises to stardom and heeds the call of Hollywood, Oscar begins a career slide. He ..read more »

71% from 33 members
Currently unavailable

Dinner at Eight (1933)
Starring: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery
Director: George Cukor
Certificate:
The story tells of guests at a society dinner who get more than the meal they were expecting.

68% from 25 members
Currently unavailable

Counsellor-at-Law (1933)
Starring: John Barrymore, Bebe Daniels M, Doris Kenyon
Director: William Wyler
Certificate:
Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.

42% from 9 members
Currently unavailable

Grand Hotel (1932)
Starring: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford
Director: Edmund Goulding
Certificate:
The creme de la creme of MGM's pantheon gathers at the luxurious GRAND HOTEL, where "nothing ever happens." Greta Garbo is at her most radiant and poetic as the melancholy ballerina who finds a reason to dance again after she falls for the down-and-out Baron (John Barrymore) who planned to rob her. ..read more »

65% from 959 members
Not currently released

Svengali (1931)
Starring: John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp
Director: Archie Mayo
Certificate:
Through hypnotism and telepathic mind control, a sinister music maestro controls the singing voice, but not the heart, of the woman he loves.

32% from 4 members
Currently unavailable

Doctor Jekyll And Mr Hyde on DVD (1920)
Starring: John Barrymore, Brandon Hurst, Charles Lane
Director: John S. Robertson
Certificate:
In 1920, filmgoers were treated to no fewer than two different film versions of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In this one, John Barrymore plays the humanitarian Dr. Henry Jekyll, who becomes obsessed with the notion of separating the good and evil impulses within every man. To ..read more »

58% from 197 members

3 Classic Bulldog Drummond Films Of The ... on DVD
Starring: John Howard, Ray Milland, Heather Angel
Director: James Hogan, Louis King, Louis
Certificate:
Three features. In 'Bulldog Drummond's Bride' a robbery in London prevents the marriage of Bulldog Drummond. Also features 'Bulldog Drummond Comes Back' and 'Bulldog Drummond Escapes'.

42% from 86 members

John Barrymore facts

5 most recent films

While the City Sleeps - 3.5 stars
Bulldog Drummond - Double Feature - Vol. 2 - 2.5 stars
Maytime - 3.0 stars
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back - 2.5 stars
Twentieth Century - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

While the City Sleeps - 3.5 stars
Grand Hotel - 3.5 stars
Doctor Jekyll And Mr Hyde - 3.0 stars
3 Classic Bulldog Drummond Films Of The Silver Screen - Bulldog Drummond's Bride - 2.0 stars
Twentieth Century - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Svengali - 1.5 stars
Counsellor-at-Law - 2.0 stars
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back - 2.5 stars
Bulldog Drummond - Double Feature - Vol. 2 - 2.5 stars
Maytime - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Howard - 3 times - show films
Wallace Beery - 2 times - show films
Nita Naldi - 2 times - show films
Reginald Denny - 2 times - show films
Charles Lane - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Louis King - 3 times - show films
John S. Robertson - 2 times - show films
Archie Mayo - 1 times - show films
William Wyler - 1 times - show films
Millard Webb - 1 times - show films