A year after his marriage to Oelrichs ended, John Barrymore met silent movie star Dolores Costello (pictured) on the set of The Sea Beast. Rich and famous in her own right, the talented Costello was known as the 'Goddess of the Silent Screen'.

The couple married in 1928 and had two children together: Dolores 'DeeDee' Barrymore and John Drew Barrymore, born in 1930 and 1932 respectively. Barrymore and Costello eventually divorced when John’s alcoholism spiralled out of control. In 1942, he passed away from cirrhosis of the liver, kidney failure, and pneumonia.

While Barrymore's net worth at the time of his death is unknown, he had signed a five-film contract with Warner Bros. in the 1920s, earning him $150,000 per movie. That's the equivalent of around $2.4 million (£1.8m) per picture today.

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