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Playmates: Directed by David Butler. With Kay Kyser, John Barrymore, Lupe Velez, Ginny Simms. For the sake of a lucrative radio contract, John Barrymore agrees to turn bandleader Kay Kyser into a Shakespearian actor.
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- Comedy, Music
- David Butler
- 1941-12-26
- Plot
- Cast
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Lulu Monahan, press agent for John Barrymore, tries to attract a sponsor for Barrymore's radio program. Lulu and bandleader Kay Kyser's agent concoct a story that a great actor will teach Kyser how to play Shakespeare.
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A bandleader enlists a down-on-his-luck actor to teach him Shakespeare.
- David Butler, Herbert Farjeon, Fred A. Fleck
- Kay Kyser
James V. Kern. Screenplay. Lulu Monahan, the press agent for John Barrymore, is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program.
Synopsis. See Kay go Shakespearean and Ginny go for Kay! See Barrymore get amorous and Lupe go berserk! The happiest, tuniest romantic rumpus the Old Professor ever cavorted in! Lulu Monahan, the press agent for John Barrymore, is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program.
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. The much-maligned Playmates callously offers the appalling spectacle of a thoroughly dissolute John Barrymore in his final screen performance, but the film isn't quite as bad as it's supposed to be. Barrymore plays himself, a washed-up ham actor up to his ears in debts.
