John Drew Barrymore

 He was born into an acclaimed acting family in Beverly Hills in 1932.  His father was the famed stage and film actor John (The Great Profile) Barrymore and his mother silent screen star Dolores Costello.  His father's siblings were Academy Award-winning actors Lionel and Ethel.  His grandfather was silent film star Maurice Costello and his aunt 1920s star Helene Costello.  His older half-sister was the troubled, alcoholic actress Diana Barrymore.  He was also the usually-estranged father of actress Drew Barrymore.

From the 1950s: Born to Be Bad

1950 Drama

From RKO

Directed by Nicholas Ray

Starring

Joan Fontaine

Robert Ryan

Zachary Scott

Joan Leslie

Mel Ferrer

Harold Vermilyea

Virginia Farmer

Working Together Again

When the old studio system was thriving, particularly during the Golden Age, it was common practice to put contract players together in movies over and over again.  After all, if a coupling seemed to work in one film, why not do another and another?  Arguably this happened at Warner Brothers more than any other studio.  We're not talking about teams (Martin and Lewis) or those who played the same characters over and over (Powell and Loy in The Thin Man).  But at Warners it seemed as though the same five people worked together frequently.  Let's see who they are...