When I met the star of MGM’s “Dr. Kildare” films, Lew Ayres, I had to ask him if Lionel Barrymore was actually like his character, Dr. Gillespie, the gruff, wheelchair-driven character who mentored ...

But the movie wouldn’t work without the viciousness that Lionel Barrymore brought to Potter. The character is a Scrooge beyond redemption. Happily, Barrymore played the Dickens character on the ...