Directed by Walter Lang
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Fox Movie Channel)
John Barrymore essentially plays himself, an aging Shakespearean actor forced to perform in an amateur play for the money and to save his marriage. His wife, an aspiring actress, agrees to play the lead, but she is terrible. At his wits end, Barrymore gets drunk between acts. He comes out and improvises the second act, bickering with his wife the whole time. It's and immediate success with the audience and critics alike. However, when Barrymore goes on the wagon he can't recreate the role leading to more problems. It's not laugh-out loud hilarious in the screwball comedy way, but still a lot of fun to watch Barrymore milk it for all it's worth.
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