Lionel Barrymore Documentary - Hollywood Walk of Fame

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ต.ค. 2024
  • Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul , and remains best known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Potter in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.
    He is also particularly remembered as Ebenezer Scrooge in annual broadcasts of A Christmas Carol during his last two decades. He is also known for playing Dr. Leonard Gillespie in MGM's nine Dr. Kildare films, a role he reprised in a further six films focusing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series titled The Story of Dr. Kildare. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.
    Early life
    Lionel Barrymore was born Lionel Herbert Blythe in Philadelphia, the son of actors Georgiana Drew Barrymore and Maurice Barrymore . He was the elder brother of Ethel and John Barrymore, the uncle of John Drew Barrymore and Diana Barrymore and the great-uncle of Drew Barrymore, among other members of the Barrymore family. He attended private schools as a child, including the Art Students League of New York. While raised a Roman Catholic, Barrymore attended the Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia. Barrymore graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School, the Roman Catholic college prep school, in the class of 1891.

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  • @beacee
    @beacee 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This suddenly came up on my feed. For such a legendary name he was probably one of the most underrated figures in Hollywood history.

  • @paulakpacente
    @paulakpacente 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He was one of the finest actors of the 20th century.

  • @bohemianrogue1
    @bohemianrogue1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lionel was a true artist and truly brilliant. I would love to hear some of his music compositions.