Lionel Barrymore's 1941 Packard Eight 180 Formal Sedan

Posted by MissDaisy  On 2024/4/30 15:50:05

Lionel Barrymore's 1941 Packard Eight 180 Formal Sedan. Barrymore's Packard was customized to accommodate a wheelchair. He would get his first Packard customized to carry a wheelchair in 1938 when due to multiple broken hips combined with arthritis, he became wheelchair-bound. That Packard, a 1938 limousine, also still survives today. Two companies at the time (that we know of) did these conversions. One was Bohman & Schwartz of Pasadena, California, and the other was Derham Body Co. in Rosemont, Pennsylvania.
Barrymore was part of a prolific acting family. His parents were actors, and his younger sister Ethel Barrymore and younger brother John Barrymore were also well-known actors.
His nephew (John Barrymore's son) was actor John Drew Barrymore, and John Drew was the father of actress Drew Barrymore.
Lionel Barrymore was known--especially later in life--as playing grouchy, stodgy (but sometimes kind) characters. He won an Academy Award in 1931 for "A Free Soul," but is best remembered for his role as Mr. Potter in "It's a Wonderful Life."
Long forgotten for many years, Lionel Barrymore's 1941 Packard emerged a few years ago after sitting for years in a private collection in Mena, Arkansas. Barrymore passed away in 1954 at the age of 76.
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