Diana Barrymore (Dorothy Malone) is the daughter of legendary actor John Barrymore (Errol Flynn). She idolizes her estranged father from afar. After a ten years absence, he finally reconnects with her. She would try to follow his footsteps in more ways than one.
This is a biopic of Diana Barrymore. In a way, it's also a biopic of John Barrymore from a specific point of view. He was over a decade dead by this point and Diana would soon commit suicide after this film. In that sense, her tragedy in this film is incomplete. This film feels too slow. I don't know if this soft-peddles anything. This certainly doesn't feel overly dramatic. The slow pacing doesn't give enough tension. As for the performances, Errol Flynn does exude enough charisma to sell John Barrymore as the center of attention. Both are cut from the same cloth.
This is a biopic of Diana Barrymore. In a way, it's also a biopic of John Barrymore from a specific point of view. He was over a decade dead by this point and Diana would soon commit suicide after this film. In that sense, her tragedy in this film is incomplete. This film feels too slow. I don't know if this soft-peddles anything. This certainly doesn't feel overly dramatic. The slow pacing doesn't give enough tension. As for the performances, Errol Flynn does exude enough charisma to sell John Barrymore as the center of attention. Both are cut from the same cloth.