John Barry
1962; inducted into the Grammy hall of Fame in 2008 Born John Barry Prendergast; English composer and conductor of renowned films including the scores for 11 of the James Bond films, "Dances with Wolves" and "Out of Africa" Arthur Wontner: The Sleeping Cardinal (1931), The Missing Rembrandt (1932), The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case (1932), The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935), Silver Blaze (1937); John Barrymore - Sherlock Holmes (1922) Director: Edmund Golding. Also starred Lewis Stone and Jean Hersholt. Director: Millard Webb. Also starred Mike Donlin, Sam Baker & George Berrell Director: Alan Crosland. Also starred Lawson Butt. Adventure, drama, history & romance. Director: Archie Mayo. Also starred Bramwell Fletcher, Carmel Myers & Luis Alberni. Plot: Through hypnotism and telepathic mind control, a sinister music maestro controls the singing voice, but not the heart, of the woman he loves. John Barrymore - Sherlock Holmes (1922), Christopher Plummer - Murder by Decree (1979) Director: Clarence Brown. Also starred Lionel Barrymore, Robert Montgomery & Myrna Loy John Barrymore - Sherlock Holmes (1922), Peter Cushing - The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) John Barrymore - Sherlock Holmes (1922), Basil Rathbone - Dressed to Kill (1946) & Pursuit to Algiers (1945) & The Woman in Green (1945) & The House of Fear (1945) & The Pearl of Death (1944) & The Scarlet Claw (1944) & The Spider Woman (1944) & Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) & Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) & Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943) & Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) & The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) & The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) Director: Louis King. Also starred Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive & J. Carrol Naish. Plot: The girlfriend of Captain Drummond (Howard) has been kidnapped by an enemy of Drummond who seeks revenge. Director: Ernst Lubitsch. Also starred Hobart Bosworth. Drama & romance John Barrymore - Sherlock Holmes (1922), Peter Cook - The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) John Barrymore - Sherlock Holmes (1922), Michael Caine - Without a Clue (1988) Director: Alan Crosland Jr., & Alan Crosland. Also starred Willard Louis. Adventure Director: Louis King. Also starred Louise Campbell, Frank Puglia & Lucien Littlefield. Plot: Captain Drummond (Howard) travels to Switzerland in order to marry his girlfriend but the disappearance of a dangerous cargo of explosives makes him delay his plans. Director: George Cukor. Also starred Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore & Billie Burke. Plot: Social climbing Millicent (Burke) and Oliver Jordan (Lionel Barrymore) throw a dinner for a bunch of New York society types, each of whom has much to reveal. Director: Mitchell Leisen. Also starred Francis Lederer. Mary Astor and Hedda Hopper. A chorus girl, stranded in Paris, is "set up" by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man...Comedy/romance Director: John S. Robertson. Also starred Cecil Clovelly & Nita Naldi. Plot: Dr. Henry Jekyll (Barrymore) experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself. Director: Howard Hawks. Also starred Roscoe Karns, Ralph Forbes & Charles Lane. Plot: Broadway director Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore) is a bigger ham than most actors, but through sheer drive and talent he is able to build a successful career. Director: Sidney Franklin. Also starred Henry Travers, May Robson & Eduardo Ciannelli Director: James P. Hogan. Also starred Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny & E. E. Clive. Plot: In this episode captain Drummond (Howard) tries to find the killer of various people. All assassinations were provoked by a diamond of great value... Director: George Cukor. Katharine Hepburn's film debut. John Barrymore (Drew Barrymore's great grandfather) comes home from a mental asylum after 15 years to find his wife has divorced him and is planning to marry again. Kate, his daughter, also is planning her own wedding. John Barrymore - Sherlock Holmes (1922), Bruno Güttner - Der Hund von Baskerville (1937)
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