John Barrymore Archives

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)

Rating: ★★★

Feb 13, 2009Evil Personality Within Unleashed

Classic silent version of the Jekyll and Hyde story. A reasonable if not truly standout version, dominated by John Barrymore's highly melodramatic performance in the title roles

Director: John S. Robertson

Actors: John Barrymore, Brandon Hurst, Charles Lane, George Stevens

Category: Horror

13 February 200914 October 2025 by Roog

The Mad Genius (1931)

Rating: ★★★½

Aug 8, 2000Control Freak Ballet Master

John Barrymore as a ballet master who controls and dominates pupil Marian Marsh. This was clearly made as an attempt to replicate the success that Barrymore had playing more or less exactly the same type of role in the earlier Svengali

Director: Michael Curtiz

Actors: John Barrymore, Donald Cook, Marian Marsh, Luis Alberni, …

Category: Horror

8 August 200023 November 2021 by Roog

Svengali (1931)

Rating: ★★★½

Oct 31, 2018Sinister Hypnotist

Classic from the Golden Age of Horror with John Barrymore as a malevolent hypnotist who places a young model under his control. he film’s design scheme draws heavily from German Expressionism and comes with some amazingly inventive directorial effects

Director: Archie Mayo

Actors: John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp, Lumsden Hare, …

Category: Horror

31 October 201811 August 2021 by Roog

The Invisible Woman (1940)

Rating: ★★

Jun 9, 2015Universal Invisible Man Sequel

Third entry in Universal's Invisible Man series. Though less recognised, The Invisible Man series had a level of creativity higher than Universal's other monster series. This one plays everything for broad comedy

Director: A. Edward Sutherland

Actors: Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard, Charlie Ruggles, …

Category: Science Fiction

9 June 20159 May 2026 by Roog