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Playmates

Playmates

1941
Comedy
Music
1h 36m
Lulu Monahan (Patsy Kelly), the press agent for John Barrymore (Himself),is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program. To that end, she and the agent for bandleader Kay Kyser (Himself), plant a story that the great Shakespearean actor, over his heartfelt objections, will teach Kyser how to play Shakespeare, which isn't the same as playing Paducah, which soon becomes evident. Highlights are the singing of Ginny Simms and a rumba by Lupe Velez; lowlights already cited. (imdb)
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Playmates

1941
Comedy
Music
1h 36m
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Avg Percentile 36% from 8 total ratings

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Rated 01 Feb 2010
35
1st
Unspeakably bad. If you enjoy watching people die in car accidents, you'll love this performance of John Barrymore in the final stages of alcoholism. All that, and the Kay Kyser band too!
Rated 30 Jun 2014
20
3rd
Painful and embarassing. John Barrymore's Sextette.
Rated 14 Dec 2017
50
77th
A chronically drunk John Barrymore up-hamming himself, naive Southern bandleader Kay Kyser doing Sheakespear and Lupe Velez as a aggressive female bullfighter. So much fun for all the wrong reasons, which I guess why it was made in the first place. Might be seen as a sad farewell to John Barrymore, as it ended up being his last film passing away the following year, but I look at it him be a terribly good sport being ridiculed like that.

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