Among the indispensable elements that contribute to the classic status of Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946), there is its Christmastime setting, the shimmering dialogue and ...

The Gorgeous Hussy Picture is primarily Lionel Barrymore's, and not particularly because the character of Andrew Jackson he portrays calls for it. His tenderness towards his backwoods wife, his ...

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. Despite having been frequently ...