#LIONEL BARRYMORE CHARLES DURNING FREE#
He was considered for the Academy Award for Best Director for his 1929 film, Madame X, and won the Best Actor award for his performance in A Free Soul (1931). Two of the films in which Barrymore appeared- Grand Hotel (1932), and You Can't Take It with You (1938)-won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Kildare films (playing the same character that he had played in the films), among others.
#LIONEL BARRYMORE CHARLES DURNING SERIES#
Beginning in the 1930s, Barrymore increasingly worked in radio, initially as Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which was broadcast annually from 1934 to 1953, then in Mayor of the Town, beginning in 1942, and also in a radio series spun off from the Dr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life-a role that was highly placed on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 Heroes and Villains in a film that the critic Philip French described as "a complex inspirational work". Kildare film series, with Lew Ayres in the titular role, and as Mr. Mayer made sure that roles were found or written to accommodate Barrymore, who continued to act in films until 1953. In 1938, he broke his hip, and, aggravated by arthritis, he lived the remainder of his life in a wheelchair. īarrymore became well known in curmudgeonly roles. He directed several films from 1929 to 1931, but concentrated on acting afterwards. In 1925, he signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he became a close friend of Louis B. Afterwards, he never again appeared on the New York stage. Although he had several successes on Broadway after the First World War, he encountered strongly negative criticism in a 1921 production of Macbeth, and in three productions in a row in 1925. He began writing scripts and directing films shortly afterwards, and for the next five years, he did not act on the legitimate stage. Griffith, before moving into feature-length productions in 1914. In 1911, he signed a contract with the Biograph Company and appeared as a character actor in short films, many of them directed by D. īarrymore began his film career in 1911, appearing in numerous silent films, many of which have subsequently been lost. He also joined his family troupe, from 1910, in their vaudeville act. Although he took a break from acting in 1906–1909 to train in Paris as a painter, he was not successful as an artist, and returned to the US and acting. He soon found success on stage in character roles. Reluctant to follow his parents' career, Barrymore appeared together with his grandmother Louisa Lane Drew in a stage production of The Rivals at the age of 15. He was the eldest child of the actors Maurice Barrymore and Georgie Drew Barrymore, and his two siblings were John and Ethel these and other family members were part of an acting dynasty. He also directed several films, wrote scripts, created etchings, sketches, and composed music. Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe 1878–1954) was an American actor of stage, screen, and radio.
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