John Barrymore Movies

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

A baritone aids a young servant in making her dream of singing professionally come true.

A 1933 screen test for a proposed, but never filmed, movie version of "Hamlet" in Technicolor, starring John Barrymore - this is the Ghost Scene.

A long-absent father is reunited with his daughter, who still holds a grudge that he had deserted his family years earlier.

A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.

In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman,...

A.J. Raffles, an educated and handsome cricket champ with entry to the best social circles steals precious trinkets and jewels, purely for the love...

A young American broker at large in London.

A 1927 silent-era series of Hollywood studio tours, these short subjects go behind the scenes at major studios and showcase famous stars, directors,...

A tribute to producer Irving Thalberg.

This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.

George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she...

Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.

In the Swiss Alps of the early 19th century, a couple forced into loveless marriages struggle to find happiness with one another.

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...

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

Brazilian documentary film directed by Salvyano Cavalcanti de Paiva that showcases the evolution of Brazilian artists in the American film industry...

A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.

Home movie travelogue of John Barrymore and Walter Mayo aboard the schooner 'The Mariner' setting sail out of Los Angeles to Guadalupe Island, 150...

When a nobleman loses his way in the fog and enters a house where there's a party going on, he's mistaken for a hired butler.