Directed by:
Walter LangCinematography:
Ernest PalmerComposer:
Cyril J. MockridgeCast:
John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Gregory Ratoff, John Payne, Anne Baxter, Lionel Atwill, Edward Brophy, Willie Fung, Cecil Cunningham, Joan Valerie (more)Plots(1)
John Barrymore provides an embarrassing spectacle in the semi-autobiographical role of a ham actor. Constantly in debt and always half-loaded, Barrymore accepts a role in an important play, which he nearly ruins by his intemperate antics. Anne Baxter plays a sincere young woman who tries to pull Barrymore back together. He makes a triumphant comeback, but there's always the chance that he'll be back to his old tricks before long. Tastelessly exploiting the real-life relationship between John Barrymore and Elaine Barrie, The Great Profile is supposed to be a comedy. Ha ha. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
John Barrymore
USA
Best movies:
Midnight (1939)
Counsellor at Law (1933)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Mary Beth Hughes
USA
Best movies:
The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
The Great Flamarion (1945)
Gregory Ratoff
Russian Empire
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
Sabrina (1954)
The Moon Is Blue (1953)
John Payne
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
Anne Baxter
USA
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
East of Eden (1981) (series)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Lionel Atwill
UK
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Captain Blood (1935)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Edward Brophy
USA
Best movies:
The Cameraman (1928)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Dumbo (1941)
Willie Fung
China
Best movies:
Lost Horizon (1937)
China Seas (1935)
Tortilla Flat (1942)
Cecil Cunningham
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Monkey Business (1931)
Joan Valerie
USA
Best movies:
Westward the Women (1951)
The Hucksters (1947)
Day-Time Wife (1939)
Marc Lawrence
USA
Best movies:
Vacation with a Gangster (1954)
Marathon Man (1976)
Desire (1936)
James Flavin
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Ralph Brooks
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
After the Thin Man (1936)
William Newell
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Brick Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Love Crazy (1941)
Charles Lane
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Bert Moorhouse
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Hal K. Dawson
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
John Dilson
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Adolph Milar
Switzerland
Best movies:
Come and Get It (1936)
Man Hunt (1941)
Platinum Blonde (1931)