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Twentieth Century is a 1934 American pre-Code screwball comedy film [1][2][3] directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly, and Roscoe Karns. Much of the film is set on the 20th Century Limited train as it travels from Chicago to New York City.
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
Screenplay. Gene Fowler. Screenplay. Charles Bruce Millholland. Theatre Play. Preston Sturges. Writer. A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.
Chorus girl Mildred Plotka (Carole Lombard) is transformed from a nobody into Broadway star Lily Garland under the tutelage of egomaniacal theatrical impresario Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore), but rebels over Oscar's Svengali-like dominance over her life.
- 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.
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