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Movie Info
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 Century Limited train between Chicago and New York, he uses every scheme at his disposal to win the movie star back both professionally and romantically. However, Lily, along with her new beau, George (Ralph Forbes), and Jaffe's rival producer, Max Jacobs (Charles Levison), who hired Lily to star in his latest play, have other plans.
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Genre: Comedy
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Original Language: English
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Director: Howard Hawks
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Producer: Howard Hawks
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Writer: Charles Bruce Millholland, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Gene Fowler
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Columbia Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Columbia Pictures
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Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Sound Mix: Mono
Cast & Crew

John Barrymore
Oscar 'O.J.' Jaffe

Carole Lombard
Lily Garland, aka Mildred Plotka

Walter Connolly
Oliver Webb

Roscoe Karns
Owen O'Malley

Etienne Girardot
Mathew J. Clark

Ralph Forbes
George Smith

Charles Levison
Jacobs

Edgar Kennedy
Oscar McGonigle

Howard Hawks
Director

Charles Bruce Millholland
Writer

Ben Hecht
Writer

Charles MacArthur
Writer

Ben Hecht
Screenwriter

Charles MacArthur
Screenwriter

Gene Fowler
Screenwriter

Howard Hawks
Producer

Harry Cohn
Executive Producer

Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Original Music

Louis Silvers
Original Music

Harry M. Woods
Original Music

Milton Ager
Non-Original Music

Joseph H. August
Cinematographer
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Audience Reviews for Twentieth Century
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Jul 02, 2021
Barrymore and Lombard make for a delightfully insane duo and using the director/actor relationship in this fashion is a great idea.
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Sep 03, 2010
A pretty funny comedy, but very predictable.
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Jun 14, 2009
great early screwball comedy with a hilarious performance by john barrymore as a hammy broadway producer and carole lombard as his adorable diva. hawks soon perfected his rapid-fire style with bringing up baby and his girl friday
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Jul 14, 2007
John Barrymore and Carole Lombard ham it up as thespians who are each other's best audience ... and maybe the only audience the other cares for. The one liners zing like hail in a storm.
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