The best John Barrymore’s music movies

John Barrymore

John Barrymore

15/02/1882- 29/05/1942
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best John Barrymore’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about John Barrymore.

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II
7.3/10
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.

Maytime

Maytime
7.3/10
An opera star's manager tries to stop her romance with a penniless singer.

Playmates

Playmates
5.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 26/12/1941
  • Character: John Barrymore
Lulu Monahan, the press agent for John Barrymore, is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program. To that end, she and the agent for bandleader Kay Kyser, plant a story that the great Shakespearean actor, over his heartfelt objections, will teach Kyser how to play Shakespeare, which isn't the same as playing Paducah, which soon becomes evident.

Show of Shows

Show of Shows
5.8/10
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 21/11/1929
  • Character: Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
It's 1929. The studio gave the cinema its voice gave offered the audiences a chance to see their favorite actors and actresses from the silent screen era to see and for the first time can be heard in a gaudy, grandiose music comedy revue. But also appear actors and actresses from the first 'talkies', stars from Broadway and of course the German shepherd Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay is the host of the more than 70 well-known stars who show various acts.

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