List of the best John Barrymore movies: Counsellor-at-Law(1933), Twentieth Century(1934), Don Juan(1926), Arsene Lupin(1932), When a Man Loves(1927), Topaze(1933), The Beloved Rogue(1927), Eternal Love(1929), Svengali(1931), Tempest(1928), Beau Brummel(1924), The Great Man Votes(1939) ... ...
7.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
78 Minutes
George Simon
John Barrymore Bebe Daniels Doris Kenyon Isabel Jewell Melvyn Douglas Onslow Stevens Thelma Todd Clara Langsner
attorney rival wife lover secretary emotional dark family home new york city law office social standing infidelity scandal dark secrets class distinctions jewish identity fall transformation discovery 1930s
Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.
7.4/10
Comedy
USA
1934
91 Minutes
Oscar 'O.J.' Jaffe
John Barrymore Carole Lombard Walter Connolly Roscoe Karns Etienne Girardot Ralph Forbes Charles Levison Edgar Kennedy
theatrical producer actress boyfriend rival accountant mental patient hysterical charming outlandish train new york city chicago theater apartment love triangle actors show business travel love rivalry
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.
7.0/10
Adventure
USA
1926
111 Minutes
Don Jose de Marana, Don Juan de Marana
John Barrymore Mary Astor Willard Louis Estelle Taylor Helene Costello Myrna Loy Jane Winton John Roche June Marlowe Yvonne Day Philippe de Lacey
playboy girl father count don juan passionate spirited thrilling rome party jealousy revenge cheating new love pursuit forbidden love transformation 17th century
In 16th Century Italy, devil-may-care playboy Don Juan runs afoul of the despotic Borgias.
6.9/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
84 Minutes
Duke of Charmerace
John Barrymore Lionel Barrymore Karen Morley John Miljan Tully Marshall Henry Armetta George Davis John Davidson James T. Mack Mary Jane Irving
A detective is tasked to capture an elusive thief called Arsene Lupin.
6.8/10
Drama, Romance, History
USA
1927
110 Minutes
Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
John Barrymore Dolores Costello Warner Oland Sam De Grasse Stuart Holmes
sister brother beautiful woman count divinity student brash crafty rousing france ship drawing room prison slavery brother/sister relationship mutiny religion change of heart whirlwind romance adventure love
A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.
6.8/10
Comedy
USA
1933
78 Minutes
Professor Auguste A. Topaze
John Barrymore Myrna Loy Albert Conti Luis Alberni Jobyna Howland Jackie Searle Frank Reicher
professor baron baroness mistress scientist student dark amusing paris classroom laboratory apartment business blackmail deception corruption science government transformation fall
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 ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Adventure, Drama, History
USA
1927
99 Minutes
François Villon
John Barrymore Conrad Veidt Marceline Day Lawson Butt Henry Victor Slim Summerville Mack Swain Angelo Rossitto Nigel de Brulier Lucy Beaumont Otto Matieson
duke of burgundy king louis xi poet love interest peasant cheeky witty gutsy france paris royal court loyalty françois villon patriotism royalty french history exile underdog adventure escape
François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.
6.8/10
Drama, Romance
USA
1929
60 Minutes
Marcus Paltran
John Barrymore Camilla Horn Victor Varconi Hobart Bosworth Mona Rico Evelyn Selbie
In the Swiss Alps of the early 19th century, a couple forced into loveless marriages struggle to find happiness with one another.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1931
76 Minutes
Svengali
John Barrymore Marian Marsh Donald Crisp Bramwell Fletcher Lumsden Hare Carmel Myers Luis Alberni Paul Porcasi
music teacher student singer love interest dark eerie europe concert stage hypnosis singing performance deception suicide transformation fall 1890s
Through hypnotism and telepathic mind control, a sinister music maestro controls the singing voice, but not the heart, of the woman he loves.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1928
102 Minutes
Sgt. Ivan Markov
John Barrymore Camilla Horn Louis Wolheim Boris De Fas George Fawcett Ullrich Haupt Michael Visaroff Lena Malena Albert Conti
military officer princess aristocrat bolshevik soldier prisoner melodramatic passionate russia military base bedroom prison russian revolution class conflict military life infatuation forbidden love transformation revenge 1910s
In Czarist Russia, a peasant officer, resented by the aristocrats, falls in love with a princess.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1924
120 Minutes
John Barrymore Mary Astor Willard Louis Irene Rich Alec B. Francis Carmel Myers William Humphrey Richard Tucker George Andre Beranger Claire de Lorez Michael Dark
soldier prince of wales lady ladies' man brash emotional melodramatic england france love triangle beau brummell royal life fashion fall rise rivalry love sacrifice 19th century
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
70 Minutes
Gregory Vance
John Barrymore Peter Holden Virginia Weidler Donald MacBride William Demarest Katharine Alexander Bennie Bartlett Brandon Tynan Elisabeth Risdon Granville Bates Luis Alberni
professor daughter son teacher mayor political boss engaging bleak heartwarming uplifting small town college household office family political corruption education small-town life self-esteem transformation
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 and his children, who know him for what ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
John Barrymore Helen Twelvetrees William "Stage" Boyd Jill Esmond Mary Duncan Albert Conti C. Henry Gordon Paul Hurst Oscar Apfel
attorney governor mobster prostitute client gritty engaging shocking melodramatic gambling house courtroom speakeasy apartment political corruption mobsters redemption alcoholism romance court battles rise
Attorney Tom Cardigan is the discontented "mouthpiece" for Vanny Powers' mob. When Tom takes sweet June Perry as his mistress, she tries in vain to redeem him. But Powers decides Tom would ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Drama, History
USA
1932
123 Minutes
Prince Paul Chegodieff
John Barrymore Ethel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore Ralph Morgan Diana Wynyard Tad Alexander C. Henry Gordon Edward Arnold Gustav von Seyffertitz Dawn O'Day Jean Parker
mystic czar nicholas ii child prince princess doctor dark intense russia palace party hypnosis czarina alexandra royalty rasputin assassination revolution quest rise fall
A prince plots to kill the mad monk Rasputin for the good of the czar, the czarina and Russia.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1932
70 Minutes
Hilary Fairfield
John Barrymore Katharine Hepburn Billie Burke David Manners Henry Stephenson Paul Cavanagh Elizabeth Patterson Gayle Evers Julie Haydon
husband wife daughter fiancée moving melodramatic touching mansion england mental illness family marriage transformation love sacrifice 1920s
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.
6.4/10
Adventure
USA
1926
125 Minutes
Captain Ahab Ceeley
John Barrymore Dolores Costello George O'Hara Mike Donlin Sam Baker George Berrell Sam Allen Frank Nelson Mathilde Comont James O. Barrows Vadim Uraneff
whaler half brother whale daughter reverend captain spectacular melodramatic new bedford, mass. sea ship obsession love triangle amputation courtship brother relationship attempted murder revenge rivalry 19th century
This silent movie is based on Melville's classic Moby Dick. Ahab and his brother compete for the affections of minister's daughter Esther. But the great white whale has been eluding the ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1931
81 Minutes
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
John Barrymore Marian Marsh Donald Cook Charles Butterworth Luis Alberni Carmel Myers Andre Luguet Frankie Darro Boris Karloff Mae Madison
A crippled man finds a boy and vows to make him a great dancer.
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1933
84 Minutes
Riviere
John Barrymore Helen Hayes Clark Gable Lionel Barrymore Robert Montgomery C. Henry Gordon Harry Beresford Irving Pichel
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.
6.2/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
80 Minutes
Governor Gabby Harrigan
John Barrymore George Murphy Joan Davis Marjorie Weaver Jack Haley George Barbier Ruth Terry Donald Meek Johnny Downs Paul Hurst
governor coach wrestler student young woman amusing endearing playful american south stadium government offices field college unlikely hero football politics rivalry underdog discovery 1930s
While running for governor a politician aids a needy college by plotting to assure victory for their football team. Though to be a parody of Huey Long and his machine.
6.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
64 Minutes
Colonel Neilson
John Barrymore John Howard Louise Campbell Reginald Denny E.E. Clive J. Carrol Naish Helen Freeman Zeffie Tilbury John Sutton Rita Page Ivo Henderson
captain girlfriend colonel detective murderer brooding chilling dark frightening somber house town car kidnapping investigation crime adventure mystery rescue revenge
The girlfriend of Captain Drummond has been kidnapped by an enemy of Drummond who seeks revenge. But Drummond and his friend Colonel Nielsen at once follow his trail...
6.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
60 Minutes
Col. J.A. Nielson
John Barrymore John Howard Louise Campbell Reginald Denny E.E. Clive Frank Puglia Nydia Westman Robert Gleckler
Drummond, his girlfriend and his butler try to free an high post of Scotland Yard who has been kidnapped.
6.1/10
Romance
USA
1933
100 Minutes
Archduke Rudolf von Habsburg
An archduke who had been banished from Austria returns to Vienna for a reunion of his old fellow aristocrats and meets up with the former love of his life, who is now married to a psychoanalyst.
5.7/10
Adventure
USA
1930
75 Minutes
Ahab
John Barrymore Joan Bennett Lloyd Hughes Walter Long Nigel de Brulier Noble Johnson Virginia Sale
In this extremely loose adaptation of Melville's classic novel, Ahab is revealed initially not as a bitter and vengeful madman, but as a bit of a lovable scamp. Ashore in New Bedford, he ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1922
109 Minutes
Sherlock Holmes
John Barrymore Roland Young Carol Dempster Gustav von Seyffertitz Louis Wolheim Percy Knight William Powell Hedda Hopper Reginald Denny Peggy Bayfield Margaret Kemp
professor moriarty doctor watson sherlock holmes criminal love interest friend thrilling witty london switzerland england household partnership false accusations theft blackmail investigation organized crime mystery pursuit
The famous detective (John Barrymore) comes to the rescue when an archcriminal (Gustav von Seyffertitz) targets a prince (Reginald Denny).
Mystery & Thriller
1938
66 Minutes
Col. Neilson
bulldog sleuth john barrymore suspenseful wedding party murder robbery diamond pursuit 1930s
The British sleuth (John Howard) marries Phyllis (Louise Campbell) and nabs diamond counterfeiters for a Scotland Yard colonel (John Barrymore).
6.1/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1941
72 Minutes
Virginia Bruce John Barrymore John Howard Charles Ruggles Oscar Homolka Edward Brophy Donald MacBride Margaret Hamilton Shemp Howard Anne Nagel Kathryn Adams
An attractive model with an ulterior motive volunteers as guinea pig for an invisibility machine.
5.8/10
Musical
USA
1929
128 Minutes
It's 1929. The studio gave the cinema its voice and offered the audiences a chance to see their favorite actors and actresses from the silent screen era. For the first time, they can be ... See full summary »
5.5/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
94 Minutes
Kay Kyser John Barrymore Lupe Velez Patsy Kelly Ginny Simms May Robson Peter Lind Hayes Harry Babbitt
john barrymore kay kyser bandleader singer dancer grandmother airy amusing charming playful radio station theater nightclub hotel room radio big-band music actors william shakespeare publicity stunts song and dance
Lulu Monahan (Patsy Kelly), the press agent for John Barrymore (John Barrymore),is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program. To that end, she and the agent for bandleader Kay Kyser (... See full summary »
7.5/10
Comedy
USA
1933
113 Minutes
Larry Renault
Marie Dressler Jean Harlow John Barrymore Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Lee Tracy Edmund Lowe Billie Burke Madge Evans Jean Hersholt Karen Morley
businessperson socialite husband wife actor doctor engaging melodramatic playful household new york city social standing marriage social event quest wretched excess 1930s
Affluent Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a handful of wealthy and/or well-born acquaintances, each of whom has much to reveal.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1932
115 Minutes
Baron Felix von Geigern
Greta Garbo Joan Crawford John Barrymore Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Lewis Stone Jean Hersholt Ferdinand Gottschalk Tully Marshall Mary Carlisle
thief businessperson ballerina accountant secretary melodramatic passionate hotel berlin restaurant corruption romance ambition illness fall underdog transformation 1930s
A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.
7.3/10
Musical
USA
1937
132 Minutes
Nicolai Nazaroff
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy John Barrymore Herman Bing Tom Brown Lynne Carver Rafaela Ottiano Charles Judels Paul Porcasi Sig Ruman Walter Kingsford
opera singer teacher husband love interest melodramatic emotional passionate paris opera house new york city love triangle jealousy opera marriage infidelity forbidden love rivalry revenge 1930s
An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.
6.8/10
Comedy
USA
1937
85 Minutes
Charles "Charley" Jasper
A lawyer defends his wife, a pathological liar, in a murder trial.
Comedy
1939
94 Minutes
Georges Flammarion
Claudette Colbert Don Ameche John Barrymore Francis Lederer Mary Astor Elaine Barrie Hedda Hopper Rex O'Malley Monty Woolley Armand Kaliz Lionel Pape
showgirl taxi driver wealthy man socialite baroness playful crafty paris party disguise high society cheating schemes courtship love pursuit 1930s
A Paris cabby (Don Ameche) chases a chorus girl (Claudette Colbert) hired by a rich man (John Barrymore) to pose as a baroness.
Biography
1938
149 Minutes
King Louis XV
Norma Shearer Tyrone Power John Barrymore Gladys George Robert Morley Anita Louise Joseph Schildkraut Henry Stephenson Reginald Gardiner Peter Bull Albert Van Dekker
marie antoinette louis xvi count louis xv duke engaging melodramatic spectacular france palace versailles, france royal life revolution affair execution love growing up wretched excess fall 1790s
The 18th-century Austrian princess (Norma Shearer) has an affair with a Swedish count (Tyrone Power) and becomes queen of France.
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