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1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
directed by Frank Capra
featuring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry TraversThis is director Frank Capra's classic bittersweet comedy/drama about George Bailey (James Stewart), the eternally-in-debt guiding force of a bank in ... More
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2. Grand Hotel (1932)
directed by Edmund Goulding
featuring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel BarrymoreBased on Vicki Baum's novel and produced by Irving Thalberg, this film is about the lavish Grand Hotel in Berlin, a place where "nothing ever happens ... More
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3. Captains Courageous (1937)
directed by Victor Fleming
featuring Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas, Charles GrapewinA boy learns life-changing lessons about the importance of friendship and the dignity of labor in this adventure saga based on a story by Rudyard ... More
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4. Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
directed by Henry Hathaway
featuring Dean Stockwell, Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Gene Lockhart, Cecil KellawayThis full-blooded saga of the 19th century whaling industry stars Lionel Barrymore as tough old salt Captain Bering Joy and Dean Stockwell as his ... More
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5. The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
directed by Harold S. Bucquet
featuring Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Lionel Atwill, Helen Gilbert, Nat PendletonIn this third installment of MGM's "Dr. Kildare" series, Dr. James Kildare (Lew Ayres) comes to the rescue when his supervisor/mentor Dr. Gillespie ... More
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6. Night Flight (1933)
directed by Clarence Brown
featuring John Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, Lionel Barrymore, Robert MontgomeryThis suspense drama was based on a novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Riviere (John Barrymore), who operates an air delivery service, is fanatical in ... More
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7. Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
directed by Richard Boleslawski
featuring John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Ralph Morgan, Diana WynyardIt's hard to separate fact and fancy from the many accounts of what happened on the set when all three of the fabulous Barrymores -- Ethel, John and ... More
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8. Lone Star (1951)
directed by Vincent Sherman
featuring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford, Lionel Barrymore, Beulah BondiDuring the 1845 battle for Texas' independence, a cattle baron (Clark Gable) spars with an evil senator (Broderick Crawford) over the state's future ... More
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9. Camille (1936)
directed by George Cukor
featuring Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie RalphGreta Garbo enjoyed one of her greatest triumphs in this glossy adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' oft-filmed romantic tragedy. Here, Garbo stars as ... More
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10. On Borrowed Time (1939)
directed by Harold S. Bucquet
featuring Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Una Merkel, Beulah Bondi, Bobs WatsonOld Gramps (Lionel Barrymore) is not about to go gentle into that good night when Mr. Brink (Cedric Hardwicke), who sometimes travels under the name ... More
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11. Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
directed by Sam Wood
featuring Robert Young, James Stewart, Florence Rice, Billie Burke, Lionel BarrymoreList of all editionsMGM's Navy Blue and Gold prettily dresses up some of the oldest cliches in the "military cadet" movie genre. The film charts the progress of three ... More
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12. West of Zanzibar (1928)
directed by Tod Browning
featuring Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Warner Baxter, Mary Nolan, Jacqueline GadsdonList of all editionsIn this lurid Tod Browning melodrama, boasting a thoroughly creepy performance by Lon Chaney, Chaney plays Phroso, a limehouse magician who is ... More
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13. Treasure Island (1934)
directed by Victor Fleming
featuring Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Otto Kruger, Lewis StoneList of all editionsThis fifth film version of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island boasts an all-star MGM cast, headed by Wallace Beery as Long John Silver and ... More
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14. The Show (1927)
directed by Tod Browning
featuring John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Connelly, Gertrude ShortList of all editionsLong believed to be a "lost" film, The Show resurfaced in the mid-1970s, proving to be a real treasure trove for aficionados of director Tod Browning ... More
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15. The Girl from Missouri (1934)
directed by Jack Conway
featuring Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Franchot Tone, Patsy KellyList of all editionsOriginally titled Eadie was a Lady, this Jean Harlow vehicle was slated for release under the title Born to be Kissed, but the new Production Code ... More
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16. You Can't Take It with You (1938)
directed by Frank Capra
featuring Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer, Ann Miller, Spring ByingtonList of all editionsMoss Hart and George S. Kaufman's whimsical Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway play You Can't Take It With You was transformed into a paean to populism ... More
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17. Let Freedom Ring (1939)
directed by Jack Conway
featuring Nelson Eddy, Virginia Bruce, Victor McLaglen, Lionel Barrymore, Edward ArnoldList of all editionsOriginally filmed in Sepiatone, Let Freedom Ring is a satisfying Nelson Eddy musical with patriotic overtones. Set in the years following the Civil ... More
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18. The Return of Peter Grimm (1935)
directed by George Nichols, Jr.
featuring Lionel Barrymore, Helen Mack, Edward Ellis, Donald Meek, George BreakstonPreviously filmed in 1921 and 1926, this venerable 1911 David Belasco stage play provides a good, if slightly risible, vehicle for Lionel Barrymore. ... More
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19. The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
directed by Clarence Brown
featuring Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Franchot Tone, Melvyn DouglasList of all editionsThe Gorgeous Hussy purports to be based on the life of Margaret "Peggy" O'Neill, the controversial wife of early 19th-century politician John Eaton, ... More
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20. The Little Colonel (1935)
directed by David Butler
featuring Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore, Evelyn Venable, John Lodge, Sidney Blackmer, Sr.List of all editionsShirley Temple's first costume picture -- and one of her best pictures of any kind -- was 1935's The Little Colonel. The story begins in 1870, when ... More
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21. Key Largo (1948)
directed by John Huston
featuring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Monte Blue, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor, Thomas GomezList of all editionsRichard Brooks and John Huston's screenplay for Huston's Key Largo eschews the lofty blank verse of Maxwell Anderson's original play, concentrating ... More
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22. Dinner at Eight (1933)
directed by George Cukor
featuring Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Billie BurkeList of all editionsBased on the Broadway hit by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber, Dinner at Eight is a near-flawless comedy/drama with an all-star cast at the peak of ... More
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23. Mata Hari (1932)
directed by George Fitzmaurice
featuring Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, C. Henry GordonList of all editions"So much for Carlotta" muses the head of German Espionage (Lewis Stone), shortly after secret agent Karen Morley is put to death. Morley's successor ... More
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24. The Valley of Decision (1945)
directed by Tay Garnett
featuring Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp, Lionel Barrymore, Preston S. FosterList of all editionsBased on Marcia Davenport's novel and set in 1870, Valley of Decision details the romance between a housemaid named Mary Rafferty (Greer Garson) and ... More
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25. The Temptress (1926)
directed by Fred Niblo, Mauritz Stiller
featuring Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Roy D'Arcy, Marc MacDermott, Lionel BarrymoreList of all editionsThe Temptress was Greta Garbo's second American film, and while it may strike modern viewers as excessively melodramatic, Garbo is always worth ... More







