The Great Man Votes (1939) (MOD)

The Great Man Votes (1939) (MOD)John Barrymore delivers the vote and a terrific performance in this whimsical gem, directed by Garson Kanin (Bachelor Mother). A widower with two small children (Peter Holden and Virginia Weidler), former scholar Gregory Vance (Barrymore) has given up his books for booze. Fired from his job as night watchman and with his inlaws threatening to take the youngsters away, Vance's luck finally changes when it's discovered he holds the vote that will decide

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Adolescent Clinton Willart (Brandon de Wilde) idolizes his callous

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Eddie makes a fateful life decision

no stranger to leading-man roles in the 1920s

The middle novel in The Lord of the Rings -- the greatest fantasy epic of all time -- which began in The Fellowship of the Ring

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in Melbourne in 2019 -- and with more productions worldwide still to come (including San Francisco later this year) -- the play has smashed records