‘Lionel Barrymore: Character and Endurance in Hollywood’s Golden Age’ By Kathleen Spaltro University Press of Kentucky, 256 pages. When I met the star of MGM’s “Dr. Kildare” films, Lew Ayres, I had to ...

Given these limitations, Barrymore welcomed the opportunity to work in motion pictures, which were then silent. “Lionel found ...

Best in Children’s Books. ... No less essential to this holiday perennial, though, is Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter, the implacably stone-hearted magnate who is our hero’s chief nemesis.