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Barrymore - had evidently flourished in the bar. If there was tragedy in his life, it was neglect. He was pushed out to fend for himself when he was just 13. Between then and his marriage, he acquired enormous talent, but had no family life, no purpose, no discipline. Like those he helped in Australian films, he had to learn as he went along."
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