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Twentieth Century
The Star of Stars in the Hit of Hits!
A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.
- Original title
- Twentieth Century
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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CinemaSerf
Aug 21, 2024 · via TMDB
I'm not quite sure what the title had to do with anything, but this is still an enjoyable opportunity for John Barrymore and Carole Lombard to have some theatrical games of cat and mouse with a bit of help from the long suffering Walter Connolly's "Oliver" and the permanently sozzled "Owen" (Roscoe Karns). Barrymore is the acclaimed impresario "Jaffe" who discovers the improbably named "Mlldred Plotka", re-christens her "Lily Garland" and - despite herself - decides to make her a star. Turns out he's not a bad judge of character, but as her star ascends the relationship between them sours. She takes up an offer to move to Hollywood and that leaves him in the lurch. A few flops later and he's desperate to get her back. Might a chance meeting on a train manage to reconcile them or are things just too far gone for that now? The writing really does allow Barrymore and Lombard to play to their strengths here providing loads of thespian dramatics and ham as the plot motors along for an hour and an half. There's a diverting little sub-plot featuring a poster boy with a difference (Etienne Girardot) before a clever little denouement that just has to raise a smile. It's a classy comedy this with more than a little of the stage play to it's dynamic as Howard Hawks sits back and let's his stars entertain us.
barrymost
Sep 5, 2019 · via TMDB
You'd best hold on tight and don't let go because you're in for quite the ride on board the Twentieth Century. It's screwball comedy taken to the absolute max, and it barely lets up for a minute. It's one ridiculously memorable (or memorably ridiculous) scene after another, with just a couple highlights being Carole Lombard getting stabbed in the behind with a pincushion, and John Barrymore faking a fatal bullet wound in order to get her to sign another contract. John Barrymore is unbelievably and hopelessly hammy, and I mean that in a very good way. The film itself is so completely over the top, you will either love it wholeheartedly, or hate it with a passion. I do hope it's the former.
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John Barrymore
Oscar Jaffe
Carole Lombard
Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka
Walter Connolly
Oliver Webb
Roscoe Karns
Owen O'Malley
Ralph Forbes
George Smith
Charles Lane
Max Jacobs
Etienne Girardot
Matthew J. Clark
Dale Fuller
Sadie
Edgar Kennedy
Oscar McGonigle
Billie Seward
Anita
Herman Bing
Beard #1 (uncredited)
James Burke
Sheriff (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Flannigan (uncredited)
Clarence Geldart
Colonel Merriweather in Play (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
Dr. Johnson (uncredited)
Lee Kohlmar
Beard #2 (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Mulligan (uncredited)
Mary Jo Mathews
Emmy Lou in Play (uncredited)
George Offerman, Jr.
Page Boy (uncredited)
Gigi Parrish
Myrtle Schultz (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
Brother in Play (uncredited)
George H. Reed
Uncle Remus in Play (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
George Washington Jones (uncredited)
Lynton Brent
Train Secretary (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Cameraman (uncredited)
Arnold Gray
Stage Actor (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Train Detective (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Marquee Man (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Stagehand (uncredited)
Harry Semels
Poster Artist (uncredited)
Lillian West
Charwoman (uncredited)
Fred Humes
Stand In
Howard Hawks
Director
Harry Cohn
Executive Producer
Howard Hawks
Producer
Edward Bernds
Sound Engineer
Ben Hecht
Screenplay
Preston Sturges
Writer
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May 3, 1934
New York City, New York
May 11, 1934
