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Twentieth Century. (film) Twentieth Century is a 1934 American pre-Code screwball comedy film [1] [2] [3] directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Barrymore and Carole Lombard. Much of the film is set on the 20th Century Limited train as it travels from Chicago to New York City. Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur adapted their 1932 Broadway play ...
- Napoleon of Broadway, 1932 play, by Charles Bruce Millholland
- Columbia Pictures
- Howard Hawks
- May 11, 1934
Twentieth Century: Directed by Howard Hawks. With John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns. A flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his failing career.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Howard Hawks
- 1934-05-11
Jul 25, 2019. Jul 22, 2019. When down-on-his-luck Broadway impresario Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore) meets his discovery and former flame, Lily Garland (Carole Lombard), on the glamorous 20th ...
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- John Barrymore
- Howard Hawks
- Columbia Pictures Corporation
The movie was in production from February 22 to March 24, 1934. Consideration was given to changing the title because Columbia feared that many in the country would not understand its reference to the train, a Chicago-New York express. But Twentieth Century the film remained. The train itself becomes an important visual motif, standing for ...
- Howard Hawks, C. C. Coleman
- John Barrymore
Broadway director Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore) is a bigger ham than most actors, but through sheer drive and talent he is able to build a successful career. When one of his discoveries, Lily Garland (Carole Lombard), rises to stardom and heeds the call of Hollywood, Oscar begins a career slide. He hits the skids and seems on his way out, until ...
Review by theriverjordan ★★★★★ 8. Howard Hawks and screenwriter Ben Hecht abduct the characters (and morals) of their own early hit, “Scarface,” and put them in a screwball picture. The result is “Twentieth Century;” one of the most shockingly mad and mean comedies ever made. John Barrymore and Carole Lombard star as a fickle ...
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Twentieth Century is a 1934 American pre-Code screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Barrymore and Carole Lombard. Much of the film is set on the 20th Century Limited train as it travels from Chicago to New York City. Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur adapted their 1932 Broadway play of the same name – itself based on the unproduced play Napoleon of Broadway by ...
