He hadn't wanted to be an actor, particularly he hadn't wanted to be dubbed "Ethel's baby brother"; he had wanted to be an artist. His father taunted him: "Do you want to be an artist and daub all your lifeor do you want to be an actor and make loooove?"
John Barrymore, it eventually turned out, wanted to be an actor. He liked living in glass housesand in a way was concealed by their glare. The world saw all his poses, heard all his wisecracks, without ever really knowing what he was like. He...
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