Twentieth Century
The Star of Stars in the Hit of Hits!
Overview
A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
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Cast
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)
Crew
- Director
- Howard Hawks
- Producers
- Harry Cohn,Howard Hawks
- Cinematography
- Joseph H. August
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barrymost
September 5, 2019
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 unbelievabl…
CinemaSerf
August 21, 2024
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…