The Barrymores- all the way from Maurice to Drew deserve a 4 hours American Masterpiece Documentary - they are inestimably important in the development of theatre and film acting - and in the way John's spectacular descent in the late 30's and treatment by the media foreshadows our own media's obsession with those who fall from grace. Even without John, their individual stories are pretty incredible. They were the closest thing to royalty in pre 1960's US showbiz. Unfortunately this piece, however well intentioned, is little more than a fairly well written text - read by what sounds to be a computer generated VO (or is it just over-compressed). But the images slapped willy-nilly across the duration - with no connection to the voice over - do not in any sense qualify this as a documentary. I'd make it myself but I gather Drew is not keen to see the story told. A real loss.
These photos are all over the place and limited
he was a genius as well as a complete nutcase. All the Barrymores were.
The Barrymores- all the way from Maurice to Drew deserve a 4 hours American Masterpiece Documentary - they are inestimably important in the development of theatre and film acting - and in the way John's spectacular descent in the late 30's and treatment by the media foreshadows our own media's obsession with those who fall from grace. Even without John, their individual stories are pretty incredible. They were the closest thing to royalty in pre 1960's US showbiz. Unfortunately this piece, however well intentioned, is little more than a fairly well written text - read by what sounds to be a computer generated VO (or is it just over-compressed). But the images slapped willy-nilly across the duration - with no connection to the voice over - do not in any sense qualify this as a documentary. I'd make it myself but I gather Drew is not keen to see the story told. A real loss.
il più grande attore di tutti i tempi. Anche se, suo fratello Lionel non era di meno