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The Great Man Votes is a 1939 American drama film starring John Barrymore as a widowed professor turned drunkard who has the deciding vote in an election for mayor. It was based on the short story of the same name by Gordon Malherbe Hillman published in the November 1933 issue of American Magazine. [2] .
The Great Man Votes: Directed by Garson Kanin. With John Barrymore, Peter Holden, Virginia Weidler, Katharine Alexander. In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book-to-bottle.
- (646)
- Drama
- Garson Kanin
- 1939-01-13
Vance (John Barrymore), a drunken, widowed and brainy night watchman, whose son and daughter have gotten into some scrapes at school, when their teacher (Katharine Alexander as Miss Billow) visits, revealing new angles, in RKO?s The Great Man Votes, 1939, directed by Garson Kanin.
- Garson Kanin, Edward Donohue
- John Barrymore
The Great Man Votes. Respected scholar Gregory Vance (John Barrymore) falls to pieces upon the death of his wife, descending into drunken irresponsibility. Despite his being reduced to...
- (19)
- John Barrymore
- Garson Kanin
- RKO Pictures
One day, he has been chosen to cast the deciding vote in the city's mayoral election. Though it is at first a portrait of community in an idealistic American city set sometime in the 1920s, "Great Man Votes" is mostly a character study. Barrymore excels in his incarnation of Vance.
The Great Man Votes (1939) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
1939. Directed by Garson Kanin. A MAN WITH A HOLE IN HIS PANTS. In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman, and his children, who know him for what he is and what he isn’t, are his only admirers.
