John Barrymore Movies

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered...

This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which...

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

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

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

The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have...

A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she...

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

A young man with little means wants to marry a rich girl, and thinks up a scheme to get rich.

Drummond's girlfriend is kidnapped by his enemies and he along with his friend Nielsen, an inspector from Scotland Yard, follow the trail and try to...

A tribute to producer Irving Thalberg.

Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom like a stage and often winning his cases. Mobster...

An exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard) now wed to a psychiatrist (Frank Morgan).

A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.

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.

Based on Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick."

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

A look back at 25 years of Columbia's series of newsreels chronicling the film industry and the lives of Hollywood stars. Clips from earlier films in...

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

A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Complications ensue when, as a young man, the dancer...