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Great Man Votes
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by Turner Home Entertainment
Sales Rank: 20826
Price: $19.98
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John Barrymore plays an alcoholic widower raising two young children, a boy and a girl. He's an intellectual Harvard man, well able to provide for the kids spiritually and intellectually, but not so well financially. When they get into a bit of trouble at school, do-gooders propose transferring the children's guardianship to his wealthy in-laws. <br /> <br />But due to the awkward workings of the political machinery of their typical American city, Barrymore kind of has the local politicians, up to and including the mayor, over a barrel. It seems he's the only registered voter in the 13th precinct, which traditionally sets the trend for the rest of the city. The local political boss, Donald MacBride (a familiar face if you've seen a lot of old detective b-movies - he was often the cop), is ordered to secure Barrymore's vote at any cost. <br /> <br />William Demarest (My Three Sons, etc.) has a small role as another cog in the city's political machine. <br /> <br />It's a pleasant comedy drama mainly due to Barrymore's performance.
Viewer Reviews
This was the first movie I had seen of John Barrymore. Unfortunately you can see the ware that his real life alcohol problem had on him by that time. I read where he could not remember his lines and had to read them off of cue cards throughout the whole movie. But I will tell you, history is right about one thing. John Barrymore was and still is one of the greatest character actors that there ever was. Being an alcoholic, he is actually drunk (in real life) throughout this movie. And yet he can still pull off a prize winning performance. This is a great movie and a great way to meet John Barrymore.
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