I can remember when nobody believed an actor and didn't care what he believed.

Before the formation of MGM in 1924 Barrymore forged a good relationship with Louis B. W. Neither child survived infancy though Mary lived a few months.

He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931) and remains perhaps best known for the role of the villainous Mister Potter character in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. Lionel Barrymore (April 28 1878 – November 15 1954) was an American actor of stage screen and radio as well as a film director.