Evening star., 1942-05-30

his own" Like Lionel and Ethel,
he had to carve a niche for himself
in the drama before he was admitted
to the court circles Of the Barrymore
and Drew names.
Then they had experience with
both their grandmother, Louisa Lane
Drew, and their uncle, the John
Drew who starred in and was mat
inee idol of the society drama" era
of the '90s and the turn of the CEN
tury.
All three appeared in Sunday"
which was one of Ethels early star
ring vehicles. and John appeared
with Ethel and Lionel in Claire de
Lune," poetic drama by Michael
Strange" which was produced in
1921. The brothers were together
in "Pantaloon" and were co-stars of
The Jest" which ran through
1890.
John and Lionel liked to play to-
gether, especially in films. for each
said the other was perfectly timed"
to his own style. But the stage was
far less family affair for them than
the screen.
Put to Work BY Army.
Back in 1906 Johns touring landed
him in San Francisco when that city
was destroyed by earthquake and
fire. His family was in Philadelphia
at the time and only after hours of
frantic telegraphing learned he had
been drafted by the Army for rescue
and relief work. 1t was this that
prompted his grandmother to say:
1T took an earthquake to get John
out of bed before noon and the
United States Army to make him
work"
In fact, John said later, he had not
been in bed the morning the earth
quake struck, but he relished the
gag none the less.
Whimsical and capricious. Barry
more seldom was predictable. Once
he led his guest, Winston Churchill,
past an entire company of fellow
actors on Hollywood sound stage
to introduce the famous British
statesman to Tiny Jones, diminu-
tive bit" player. who appeared in
nearly all of Johns films.
Collected Tropical Birds.
His yacht. the Infanta. named in
honor of his daughter by Dolores
Costello, was his favorite vacation
medium. On it he went to Alaska
to hunt bears, to the South Seas
and to Central America, where he
collected curious and tropical birds.
The hilltop manson of Tower Road.
where he and Dolores lived, had an
aviary replete with fine specimens,
but Barrymores personal favorite
was condor he named Murphy"
a horriflc bird with fondness for
kissing its master.
A great collector of books, and a
reader, too, Barrymore once took
a friend into his library to see an
especially rare volume. The story
goes that he looked high and low
for the precious specimen before
discovering it on the floor, being
used as doorstep!
One of his intimates while he
was making "Svengali," was Limey
PlewS, property man. Barrymore
was callecting autographs for his
daughter Dolores and Limey COL
lected them also. When Einstein,
the great scientist, visited the lot.
Barrymore obtained an autograph
at once. But Limey had trouble.
He appealed to Barrymore, who told
him not to worry.
A few days later, at reception,
Barrymore approached Einstein and
related that good friend, Admiral
Limey Plews" regretted he couldn't
attend, but wished his autograph.
What shall I writer" asked
Einstein.
"Oh, the admirals a good scout,
plain as an old shoe" said Barry
more. Leave off his title. Just
say: To Limey!'"
Real-Life Dramas.
Barrymore starred in the head
lines of several real-life dramas
after he was so. A month before his
thif6~Wife's divorce was granted, it
was reported- that he and Elaine
Barrie had quarfehed in New York.
He left secretly for the Paeific Coast
and Miss Barrie travelled by train,
plane and taxicab to head him of.
She went as far as Emporia, Kans.,
and appealed to him in radio
broadcast, saying others were try
ing to keep us apart" But she failed
to catch up to him and Barrymore,
arriving in Hollywood. said he did
not know Miss Barrie had been pur-
suing him. Asked by woman re-
porter then to summarize his trip,
he said:
MY dear young lady, to give you