Lionel Barrymore's Painful "Wonderful Life"

In 1937, actor Lionel Barrymore tripped on set and broke his hip and kneecap. To keep him filming, MGM's Louis B. Mayer allegedly provided him with $400 worth of cocaine daily for pain relief. Barrymore is now best known as the villainous Mr. Potter in "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946).

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