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John Barrymore

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  1. Weekly DVD Alert Six: December 28, 2009-January 4, 2010

    Monday | The Unofficial John Westmoreland Memorial Tribute Webring

    ... Midnight-1:32AM, TCM: SHERLOCK HOLMES, 86m. TCM's Silent Sunday movie this week is the 1922 feature starring John Barrymore as Holmes, Roland Young as Dr. Watson and Gustav von Seyffertitz as Moriarty. Was this film fully restored? I always heard ...

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    Related Topix: Film Noir, Horror Movies, Midnight, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Portland, OR, Watson (Portland, OR), Roland Young, Gustav von Seyffertitz

  2. Ask Doug: Chances of being in movies 'slim,' 'none'Read the original story

    Nov 3, 2009 | ReporterNews.com

    ... research and found: n The movie "Don Juan," released back in 1926 had the most kisses of any other movie. John Barrymore was the giver and Mary Astor and Estelle Taylor were the receivers of 127 smooches. n According to DidYouKnow.org, "The longest ...

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    Related Topix: Don Juan, Adventure

  3. The original Hollywood bad boyRead the original story w/Photo

    Nov 1, 2009 | Village Soup

    ... have a rollicking good time as Clark takes them down memory lane to the era of the roaring 1920s and '30s. John Barrymore early in his acting career. Barrymore's trusty prompter tries to keep him on the straight and narrow and pick up the pieces as ...

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    Related Topix: Camden, ME, Comedy Movies, The Great Profile, Theater, Arts

  4. Cranky Hankea s Screening Room: Favorite horror movie deaths for HalloweenRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 30, 2009 | Mountain Xpress

    ... he would be played as one. Regardless of anything else in the film, the scene where Prince Chegodieff (John Barrymore) kills Rasputin is one of the most memorable moments of murder in the history of movies. It's such pure horror movie stuff that ...

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    Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Frankenstein, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Movies, Entertainment

  5. First Horror Films Committed to CelluloidRead the original story

    Oct 30, 2009 | BellaOnline

    ... sparked interest in creating a second silent film adaptation, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1920) which starred John Barrymore. By the 1920s, future classic films in the horror genre were making their first appearances with the mass audiences. Director ...

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    Related Topix: Science / Technology, Inventions, Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

  6. Free Movie on the Lawn: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeRead the original story

    Oct 24, 2009 | Texas Gigs

    Enjoy Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde outdoors at the A.W. Perry Homestead Museum. The film stars actor John Barrymore and is based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novella The Strange Case of Dr.

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    Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Musical Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Events

  7. Scary Movies: Barrymore still stands out as evil Dr. JekyllRead the original story

    Oct 22, 2009 | Detroit Free Press

    ... of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (***) stands out from the pack because of the bravura lead performance by John Barrymore. Still amazing is the way Barrymore uses his acting skills, rather than makeup and special effects, to pull off the physical ...

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    Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Detroit, MI, Short, Mystery Movies

  8. Spooky soundtrackRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 21, 2009 | Metromix Indianapolis

    The 1920s silent version of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," starring John Barrymore , will get loud at Central Library on Oct.

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    Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Musical Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Indianapolis, IN, Events

  9. TV's 25 Scariest Episodes - #19 - 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'

    Oct 7, 2009 | Examiner.com

    ... Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ). Undoubtedly, the most famous film versions were the ones made in 1920 (starring John Barrymore), 1931 (Fredrick March in an Oscar-winning performance) and 1941 (Spencer Tracy). Arguably, the best and most faithful version ...

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    Related Topix: Jekyll, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Spencer Tracy, Short, Mystery Movies, Jack Palance, Offbeat

  10. On This Day in History: October 1 On the Town: 1922

    Oct 1, 2009 | The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

    ... at Fulton, Smith and Livingston. Mark's Brooklyn Strand at Fulton and Rockwell Place had a goody on screen: John Barrymore in Sherlock Holmes with a stage show. Barrymore could not yet speak from the screen but the - famed Mark Strand Orchestra' ...

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    Related Topix: Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, Grandma's Boy, Family, Comedy Movies, Harold Lloyd

  11. Carrie Rickey: Is "Dirty Dancing" the "Most Jewish Movie"?

    Sep 25, 2009 | Philly.com

    ... of Ralph Fiennes as Moses) and The Rugrats Passover. In the classics category: Counsellor at Law (1933, with John Barrymore as the attorney who suspects his wife of anti-Semitism). In the the comedy category: Annie Hall (1977, with Woody Allen and ...

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    Related Topix: Music!, Drama Movies, Dirty Dancing, Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Life, Holidays, Passover, Annie Hall, Comedy Movies

  12. Little Theatre takes audience on 'screwball' joyride

    Sep 22, 2009 | PilotOnline.com

    ... from an unproduced play by Charles Bruce Millholland and later adapted it for a 1934 film version starring John Barrymore and Carole Lombard. The Little Theatre of Virginia Beach production employs the newest adaptation of "Twentieth Century," an ...

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    Related Topix: New York, Carole Lombard, Theater, Arts

  13. The Red Shoes

    Sep 8, 2009 | Mountain Xpress

    ... it bears more than a passing resemblance to Michael Curtiz's horror picture The Mad Genius (1931), with John Barrymore as a ballet impresario coming between a dancer and the woman he loves - but that's perhaps as much due to the fact that both ...

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    Related Topix: Music!, Family, Drama Movies, The Red Shoes, Arts, Ballet, Moira Shearer, Marius Goring, Movies, Entertainment

  14. Karen Garcia and Israel Garcia squabble yet again in The Taming of the Shrew at New Theatre.

    Sep 1, 2009 | The Miami Herald

    ... Christopher Plummer already has tackled such indelible - and diverse - roles as King Lear, Julius Caesar and John Barrymore at Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Next up for the Tony-winning actor is Prospero, the magician at the center of ...

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    Related Topix: The Taming of the Shrew, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Theater, Arts, Christopher Plummer, Tempest

  15. Geraint Wyn Davies sparks 'Dream' and 'Caesar'Read the original story

    Aug 31, 2009 | Myrtle Beach Online

    ... Christopher Plummer already has tackled such indelible - and diverse - roles as King Lear, Julius Caesar and John Barrymore at Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Next up for the Tony-winning actor is Prospero, the magician at the center of ...

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    Related Topix: Geraint Wyn Davies, Drama Movies, Tempest, Comedy Movies, Theater, Arts

  16. Harry Du Souchet: Prescott's stage-struck telegrapher - Part IIRead the original story

    Aug 29, 2009 | The Daily Courier

    ... enough to see two of his plays produced for the silent screen in Hollywood: "The Man from Mexico," starring John Barrymore in 1914, and "Betsy Ross," with Alice Brady in 1917. He died at a New York sanitarium in 1922. Five years later, Cecil B. ...

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    Related Topix: Prescott, AZ

  17. Christopher Plummer tackles `Tempesta at StratfordRead the original story

    Aug 27, 2009 | KSTP

    NEW YORK - Christopher Plummer already has tackled such indelible _ and diverse _ roles as King Lear, Julius Caesar and John Barrymore at Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

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    Related Topix: Christopher Plummer, New York, Drama Movies, Tempest, Comedy Movies, Theater, Arts

  18. Christopher Plummer tackles 'Tempest' at StratfordRead the original story

    Aug 26, 2009 | Salon.com

    Christopher Plummer already has tackled such indelible -- and diverse -- roles as King Lear, Julius Caesar and John Barrymore at Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

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    Related Topix: Drama Movies, Tempest, Comedy Movies, Christopher Plummer, Theater, Arts, Music!, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Entertainment

  19. Little Argus: August 21

    Aug 20, 2009 | Carlsbad Current-Argus

    C will begin its fall film series with John Barrymore's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" at 7 p.m. today in Room 153.

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    Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Musical Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Events, Carlsbad, NM

  20. Mystery Collection Disc 1Read the original story

    Aug 2, 2009 | Walt at Random

    ... flicksa 'had the longest run, with seven in all. Bulldog Drummond's Revenge , 1937, b&w. Louis King (dir.), John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny, E.E. Clive, Frank Puglia. 0:57. Bulldog Drummond is out to marry his ...

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    Related Topix: Reginald Denny, E.E. Clive