Cameo critic: Christopher Plummer likes John Barrymore

December 13, 2014 at 8:00PM
Christopher Plummer arrives before the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Christopher Plummer (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Christopher Plummer may have an Oscar and an Emmy, but he's best known for his stage work, most notably his performance as John Barrymore in a one-man show that earned him his second Tony. We asked him to recommend one of Barrymore's best films.

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"I think '20th Century' is my favorite. I think he's totally outrageous and totally wonderful. So is Carole Lombard. I mean, the two of them are just divine in that."

May 24, 1985 Critic's choice/Movies - Carole Lombard lets her feet do her talking in this famous scene from "Twentieth Century," one of the funniest screwball comedies of the 1930s. That's the Great Profile, John Barrymore, in the monogrammed pajamas. She plays a famous movie star, he a washed-up Broadway producer, and they find themselves traveling on the same train from Chicago to New York . The Howard Hawks film will be shown at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Weyerhaeuser Auditorium as part of the Min
Carole Lombard and John Barrymore in “Twentieth Century.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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