Lionel Barrymore : Character and Endurance in Hollywood's Golden Age / Kathleen Spaltro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spaltro, Kathleen, author.

Series:

Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)

Screen Classics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2024]

Summary:

Once called "the most gifted character actor of our time" by Broadway theater producer Arthur Hopkins, Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954) was part of the illustrious Barrymore acting dynasty.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

Act One: Artful Dodger

1. Disorder and Early Sorrow, 1878-1893

2. Twenty Years, Two Apprenticeships, 1893-1912

3. Escape into Films, 1911-1917

4. The Valley of Indecision, 1917-1925

Act Two: Chameleon

5. Silenced, Again, 1925-1928

6. Talkies Stardom and Detour into Direction, 1928-1931

7. Scene Stealer, 1933-1935

Act Three: After Life

8. Year of Disaster, 1936

9. Mike and Jake: Exit Jack, 1942

10. Radio Days and the Taxman Cometh, 1934-1954

11. Brilliant Grouch: Dr. Gillespie and Other Roles, 1937-1951

12. The Best Wine for Last, 1945-1953

13. Compensations, 1937-1954

14. Down the Valley of the Shadow, 1954

Acknowledgments

Notable Films and Radio Performances of Lionel Barrymore

Further Reading

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Screen Classics

Illustrations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Spaltro, Kathleen Lionel Barrymore

ISBN:

9781985900530

OCLC:

1441750703