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Twentieth Century

  • 7.3 /10

  • 95

  • 87%

Plot

A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.

Cast

John Barrymore as Oscar Jaffe
John Barrymore

as Oscar Jaffe

Carole Lombard as Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka
Carole Lombard

as Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka

Walter Connolly as Oliver Webb
Walter Connolly

as Oliver Webb

Roscoe Karns as Owen O'Malley
Roscoe Karns

as Owen O'Malley

Ralph Forbes as George Smith
Ralph Forbes

as George Smith

Charles Lane as Max Jacobs
Charles Lane

as Max Jacobs

Etienne Girardot as Matthew J. Clark
Etienne Girardot

as Matthew J. Clark

Dale Fuller as Sadie
Dale Fuller

as Sadie

Edgar Kennedy as Oscar McGonigle
Edgar Kennedy

as Oscar McGonigle

Billie Seward as Anita
Billie Seward

as Anita

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Approved

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • May 11, 1934

Production Companies

  • Columbia Pictures

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

  • Deutsch

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.52 hrs

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Reviews

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 fak…

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 P…