Show JOHN HN W WANTED D TO BE AN ARTIST RT ST Barrymore x T o k Up w Ac Acting ng Ca Careers Career m a as ai S Second cond Choice Che tIAtI I Q p S M AA r t Ot-t J 1 l I T nr s r 2 2 tw A ce I Ao u WOi Greats st Stage Success S as s t Hamlet I I 1 Talkies Afford Him Hittl New Nev Opportunities r t J r By DA DAN H i HOLLYWOOD tj LLY Ob l July EX NE NEA-ji NEA The 1 ler screen en Tat greatest latt d' d tries present nt v 26 j. j y rears Ars aig ago r because e ho failed alfed in lila ilia d desired c career t- t tt t l o ol ot an nil Ji rust hy John John- r shOuld uld bt b t greatest reat t actor is Ii isa a a. mystery mystery- to this writer r. r In tn o our r his hIM brother t Lionel LIontI ha has ha tor otten more about acting acting- J than hen John fohn Will U ever know But Bul n ve 1 ess John JOhh has has' th the r reputation ll ana he n b v s' s it Il himself BO Bo o that's that hat lie bor Ing born nto of ot n note teci j st sl ge gd it n w was wa Almost table John should follow in fh footsteps He is Ja the th yoi yo teP r lother it ther of Lionel and nd Ethel the theon on on et t Mr and Mrs rlee more nore and th tho U nephew b bv w v of t th 1 famo s' s sJohn John Dr DreW W on one ot of t the greatest st ft sta a stage tor stab In-stab c hlat history ry B fOi h her r marriage tl his mother was WM O Georgians Georgiana I re of ot John Drew v r earl early asserted his own rl right tt H He didn't J o e carry carri carryon rr on on th the family name in ln th fh legitimate kret kreft kretas an UI ah ati art artt t appealed ra to to hint him f fAc t more more To Ta this end he h studied i arlIn art arl artin In n ond Lond London h spent several l Years year Under tinder r the he George man mati and nd att attended ri the Art Student d l league eague of New York ork for tOr n a. inaC day Eager to put hIt his knowledge ge Into practical use ue use B Barrymore a ajo jo 09 as s ui an artist on th the New York Mornin but 1 left ft abruptly abrupt abrupt- ly y after fter his his' first sketch Att After r leaving the Telegraph b h he hC worked ni severAl v ril other oth r New York p papers apere At t. t tI times ea h b served is as s a reporter re hJ his stories totts s with Wl his own wn sketches keteles By y the time h he heVA wa waS 21 l. l John discovered die dis covered ov red that none norie of ills his editors et e ever got wildly e about ut his S drawings Kp so he be gave ave up art artand and decided to tb devote himself to the stage His d debut was made mad In Magda at ai a- a athe the Clev lanc theatre in Lat Later r he ie vent to N New NV NewYork V York rk t to ar In Olad Gid ot of ot It t What is con considered his first Important nt role rob Was was in The lh Dict Dictator Dic Die t tor t h starred William Col Cot lier H He lie played Ja ed in New Y York rk London Lon ton tl don and Au Australia Autralia IIi Hi the i 1 ll lland ln lay and oth others rs orca occasionally ll appearing with Ethel thel and Lionel His 1111 greatest t tor all trl H or of tv waa wn 5 Hamlet Which h played jOl times in New NewYork NewYork Newyork York and in n L London it was hailed as lh the gre greatest lt u lWI a Shake Shake- ap r hn n play had had hl in Ii many ninny y years pars arll When B Barrymore returned from his London engagement ar ment h he told 1 re rePorter reporters re re- porters Porter that he- he hW was he-was was 8 seriously inter inter- sated s d In ii motion motton pictures Since making i that Las assertion t on he lie has hU not appeared ppe d oh on the I legitimate stage stag To date his out outstanding ic e cess ecra Wa was In ln T The Th Sea Sett Bust Beast Aft After r rth th that t hl his hid films started to lo lose loas their drawing power with th the public It was was' always a a cue case of ot seeing John Barrymore and nothing else On oh thea the a en- en S How However r s v the th J op opened ned a a. n new nv v field to this He Us has Just completed t d. d lila ills first t talkie Gri General at Crack and nd they pay fay around the studio that It 1 Is the bet best thing h ho he has yet done on the silver Ilter r sheet That ThILI Is as ns it be te Speaking films should b be Brt Br Br- t more meat |