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'Keep Back your Pity': The Wounded Barrymore of The Sea Beast (1926) and Moby Dick (1930) (pp. 59-70)

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posted on 2023-05-22, 19:51 authored by Dominic LennardDominic Lennard
A performer noted for his striking beauty, John Barrymore was nevertheless familiar with contorting his appearance to attract equally the dreadful fascination of his viewers, having done so most remarkably playing the lead in John S. Robertson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920). A similar transformation also characterizes his starring roles in dual adaptations of Moby Dick: the silent production The Sea Beast (1926) and its sound remake Moby Dick (1930).

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Publication title

Hamlet Lives in Hollywood: John Barrymore and the Acting Tradition Onscreen

Editors

M Pomerance and S Rybin

Pagination

59-70

ISBN

978-1-4744-1139-4

Department/School

University College

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Place of publication

Edinburgh, Scotland

Extent

15

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Copyright 2017 The Author

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  • Restricted

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The media; Disability and functional capacity; Gender and sexualities

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