The Great Profile (1940)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Walter Lang

Writers:

Milton Sperling (original screenplay) and
Hilary Lynn (original screenplay)

Release Date:

30 August 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Barrymore lampoons himself. A famous actor, given to drink, nearly destroys the show, but his leading lady returns to save it...

Plot Keywords:

Lampoon | Actor | Debt | Drunkenness | New York City

Cast

John Barrymore	...	Evans Garrick
Mary Beth Hughes	...	Sylvia Manners
Gregory Ratoff	...	Boris Mefoofsky
John Payne	...	Richard Lansing
Anne Baxter	...	Mary Maxwell
Lionel Atwill	...	Dr. Bruce
Edward Brophy	...	Sylvester
Willie Fung	...	Confucius
Joan Valerie	...	Understudy
Charles Lane	...	Burke - the Director
Marc Lawrence	...	Tony
Hal K. Dawson	...	Ticket Seller
William Pawley	...	Electrician
Eddie Dunn	...	Furniture Man
James Flavin	...	Detective

Runtime:

82 min | USA:71 min (FMC Library Print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #6469) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Sweden:15

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The film was originally intended for Adolphe Menjou, but was revamped for John Barrymore. Menjou was paid to leave the picture.

Soundtrack:

Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum

The 17 Year Old Anne Baxter

This was Anne Baxter's second film in her debut year, and as a 17 year old she had quite a posh voice and the beauty of youth. Her facial structure was exactly the same as we came to know her in later films, but she hadn't yet developed her dark beauty. She had a button nose and small pursed lips that promised sensuality. Apart from that, not much in this film.