John Barrymore Movies

Beau Brummel

69/100

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 »

Moby Dick

56/100

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 »

State's Attorney

68/100

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 »

Tempest

69/100

In Czarist Russia, a peasant officer, resented by the aristocrats, falls in love with a princess.

When a Man Loves

70/100

A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.

Playmates

56/100

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 »

Reunion in Vienna

57/100

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.

Hold That Co-ed

62/100

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.

The Great Profile

61/100

Barrymore lampoons himself. A famous actor, given to drink, nearly destroys the show, but his leading lady returns to save it...

The Sea Beast

65/100

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 »

Long Lost Father

63/100

Carl Bellairs and Lindsey Lane, his daughter, meet many years after he deserted her and her mother. They don't much like each other, but wind up working in the same nightclub. Bellairs ... See full summary »

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman

71/100

Gentleman burglar Raffles tries to get his hand on a priceless pearl.

Romance in the Dark

84/100

Romance in the Dark is a 1938 film directed by H. C. Potter and starring Gladys Swarthout, John Boles, John Barrymore, and Claire Dodd. It is one of five movies produced by Paramount in the... See full summary »

World Premiere

61/100

A producer devises an elaborate gala premiere for his latest anti-Nazi propaganda epic.

General Crack

89/100

Nobleman marries a gypsy woman but when at court he falls in love with a princess.

Night Club Scandal

66/100

When Dr. Ernest Tindal's wife is murdered, evidence mounts to convict her lover, Frank Marian. But Frank knows he didn't do it.....

The Dictator

87/100

Brooke Travers, a young society man of a roving disposition and much leisure, gets into a cab with his valet and his trunks, to go to his yacht for a cruise. Arriving at the pier, the ... See full summary »

The Lotus Eater

45/100

Disillusioned in marriage, Jacques Leroi attempts an airship flight across the Pacific Ocean, but crashes...

Yesterday and Today

56/100

A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Year, so proclaimed by the Hollywood ... See full summary »

The Test of Honor

After serving a term in prison for a crime he did not commit, a man exacts revenge upon the two people who framed him.

Here Comes the Bride

The Man from Blankley's

An American Citizen

31/100

Are You a Mason?

48/100

Frank Perry's wife Helen is away visiting her mother, and he uses this "free time" for a night of drinking at a nightclub...

The Man from Mexico

43/100