Lionel Barrymore | Film stars stories

Lionel Barrymore | Film stars stories

Lionel Barrymore (Lionel Blythe) (1878-1954), b. Philadelphia The older brother of Ethel and John, Lionell was unlike John in all important ways: profes-l sional, hardworking, ambitious, humorless,! and dull. He began in the theatre hut in the! years before the First World War he jomedl D. W. Griffith’s company and acted in a great! many two-reelers, occasionally contributing! scripts. He became a leading player only in, the mid-3920s when he established himself at| MGM; The Face in the Fog (22, Crosland); The F-temal City (23, George) Fitzrnaurice); America (24. Griffith); Th Splendid Road (25, Frank Lloyd); The , (26, James Young); The Barrier (26, Geors Hill); The Lucky Lady (26, Baoul Walsh); Tk Temptress (26, Fred Niblo); The Show (27; Tod Browning); Women Love Diamonds (271