John Drew Barrymore
Also Known As: John Blyth Barrymore, John Barrymore Jr.
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Drew Barrymore (born John Blyth Barrymore; June 4, 1932 – November 29, 2004) was an American film and television actor and member of the Barrymore family of actors, which included his father, John Barrymore, and his father's siblings, Lionel and Ethel. He was the father of four children, including actor John Blyth Barrymore and actress Drew Barrymore. Diana Barrymore was his half-sister from his father's second marriage. Barrymore was born in Los Angeles, California to John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth) and his third wife, actress Dolores Costello. His parents separated when he was 18 months old, and he rarely saw his father afterward. He made his film debut at 17, billed as John Barrymore Jr.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Birthday: June 04, 1932
Age: 92 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: November 29, 2004
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Natika
Overview: The film concerns a destructive romance between a young harpist studying in Rome, and a louche playboy and heir to Europe's wealthy corporate and governing class, played by J. D. Barrymore.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-02-24
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While the City Sleeps
Overview: Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-04-19
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The Big Night
Overview: A young man zigzags through the sordid vortex of downtown Los Angeles while seeking vengeance on the man that beat his father.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-07
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High School Confidential!
Overview: A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-30
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The Shadow on the Window
Overview: Three delinquents murder a prosperous farmer at an isolated farm house. One witness to the crime - the dead man's secretary - is then taken hostage. The other witness - her young son - is thrown into state of shock. Can he recover soon enough to help the police - and his father - rescue his mother before it's too late?
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-06
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High Lonesome
Overview: When a sudden spurt of murders occurs in the Big Bend country, suspicion immediately falls on a young drifter who just moved to the area.
Genres: Western Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-01
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Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Overview: Even big stars need to stand in front of the director and audition for their roles, and some of the best screen tests are from the early years of legends. See some of Hollywood's top names and greatest talents in their very first appearances on celluloid. From Dustin Hoffman's 1966 stock and personality tests to Raquel Welch and James Coburn cavorting for Our Man Flint, from The Three Stooges to Rock Hudson, see stars trying to get on film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Never Love a Stranger
Overview: Orphan turns bad, finds redemption with some help from boyhood pal. This movie is of interest because of the presence of a young Steve McQueen, the leading man being John Drew Barrymore, father of the more famous Drew, and for being based on a novel by Harold Robbins, famous for steamy writing in his day.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-22
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The Trojan Horse
Overview: Trojan hero Aeneas battles to save his city from the Greeks, but once Troy falls, he leads the 600 survivors to Italy and founds the city of Rome.
Genres: History Adventure War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-10-26
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The Clones
Overview: A scientist discovers a plot to clone other scientists so the government can control the weather.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-01
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Quebec
Overview: Story of a revolt against England in 1830s Canada.
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-15
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Pontius Pilate
Overview: The events that culminated with the Passion of Christ seen from the perspective of Pontius Pilate, the Procurator of Judea who unwillingly condemned Christ to death. Based on the biblical Gospel of John.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-02-15
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This Savage Land
Overview: Shortly after the Civil War, Kansas homesteaders are harrassed by Confederate marauders.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-07-23
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Night of the Quarter Moon
Overview: A POW marries a woman he meets in Mexico. Controversy erupts when people find out that she's one-quarter black.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-04
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Invasion 1700
Overview: Set in 18th-century Eastern Europe, the film concerns the star-crossed romance between a Polish military officer and a gorgeous Slavic princess. The princess' vengeful lover cuts a path of death and destruction throughout the land.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-07-14
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The Pharaohs' Woman
Overview: A beautiful girl and a young physician fall in love in the midst of a family, and power struggle between rival princes of Upper and Lower Egypt. When all seems to turn to the better, a dejected woman gets her revenge, and the couple's destruction.
Genres: Adventure History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-10
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War of the Zombies
Overview: A fantastic yarn about a plot to conquer the world with an army of zombies!
Genres: Fantasy Horror Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-02-13
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Winchester '73
Overview: TV Remake of the 1950 James Stewart Western movie of the same title has two brothers, one an ex-con the other a law officer, competing for possession of the famed repeating rifle.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-14
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The Centurion
Overview: A Roman soldier falls in love with the daughter of a Greek city's anti-Roman leader.
Genres: History Adventure Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-10-20
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The Cossacks
Overview: Set in the 1850s in Czar Alexander II's Russia, this drama and adventure film focuses on the strife between the Circassian Muslims, led by Shamil and Czar Alexander.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-02-04
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Ti aspetterò all'inferno
Overview: When a diamond heist goes wrong, the three would-be robbers go on the run from the law. They soon find themselves involved with a beautiful woman who may wind up being even more trouble for them than the botched robbery.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-10-29
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The Night They Killed Rasputin
Overview: Rasputin was a lusty steppes peasant, a god revealed, a cunning patriot, all that, or a mystifier? An intriguing biography.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-05-11
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Thunderbirds
Overview: An Oklahoma National Guard unit, comprised mainly of Native Americans, is called up for duty at the start of World War II.
Genres: War Romance Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-20
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The Sundowners
Overview: Brother is pitted against brother in this tale of fueding ranchers in the old west.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-02
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The Keeler Affair
Overview: A teenage prostitute in England gets involved with high-level politicians and becomes enmeshed in a sex-and-spy scandal.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-11-09
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Arms of the Avenger
Overview: Using Leonardo Da Vinci's innovative designs for weapons of war, flying engines and other machinery, three brothers join forces to fight a wicked and powerful Duke in early-Renaissance Italy.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-10-31
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Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
Overview: A documentary on the history of Italy's peplum genre.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Death on the Fourposter
Overview: A group of friends decide to spend a weekend in a castle belonging to Riccardo, a moody and hyper-sensitive young artist. The only other inhabitants of the castle are a mysterious housekeeper, Caterina, and the demented Aldo. The group are joined by two friends: Serena and a young American medium, Anthony. During a seance Anthony predicts a tragedy, then leaves the castle, shocked by his own visions. An hour later, Serena is found strangled to death in bed. The others become gradually more and more diffident and suspicious, especially when another girl is murdered...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-03-17
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A Game of Crime
Overview: In an isolated villa, Davide Lugani lives with his wife, Carlo, his brother, and their secretary Paolo. Wheelchair-bound Carlo is blind and mute, but his abnormal sensitivity allows him to predict events before they happen. Davide dies of a suspected heart attack and Carlo's nurse is shot dead. The police suspect Davide's widow as well as Paolo, who seems to be her lover. Just as the pair are about to be arrested, there is a twist...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-09-27
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