Twentieth Century

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

Genre : ComedyRomance

Runtime : 91 mins

Release Date : 1934-05-11

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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 hig...

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...

Cast

John Barrymore

John Barrymore

(Oscar Jaffe)

Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard

(Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka)

Walter Connolly

Walter Connolly

(Oliver Webb)

Roscoe Karns

Roscoe Karns

(Owen O'Malley)

Ralph Forbes

Ralph Forbes

(George Smith)

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

(Max Jacobs)

Etienne Girardot

Etienne Girardot

(Matthew J. Clark)

Dale Fuller

Dale Fuller

(Sadie)

Edgar Kennedy

Edgar Kennedy

(Oscar McGonigle)

Billie Seward

Billie Seward

(Anita)

Herman Bing

Herman Bing

(Beard #1 (uncredited))

James Burke

James Burke

(Sheriff (uncredited))

Pat Flaherty

Pat Flaherty

(Flannigan (uncredited))

Clarence Geldart

Clarence Geldart

(Colonel Merriweather in Play (uncredited))

A.R. Haysel

(Bob (uncredited))

Howard Hickman

Howard Hickman

(Dr. Johnson (uncredited))

Lee Kohlmar

Lee Kohlmar

(Beard #2 (uncredited))

Frank Marlowe

Frank Marlowe

(Mulligan (uncredited))

Mary Jo Mathews

(Emmy Lou in Play (uncredited))

George Offerman, Jr.

George Offerman, Jr.

(Page Boy (uncredited))

Gigi Parrish

Gigi Parrish

(Myrtle Schultz (uncredited))

Steve Pendleton

Steve Pendleton

(Brother in Play (uncredited))

George H. Reed

George H. Reed

(Uncle Remus in Play (uncredited))

Clifford Thompson

(Lockwood (uncredited))

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

(George Washington Jones (uncredited))

Lynton Brent

Lynton Brent

(Train Secretary (uncredited))

Anita Brown

(Black Stage Showgirl (uncredited))

James P. Burtis

James P. Burtis

(Train Conductor (uncredited))

Eddy Chandler

Eddy Chandler

(Cameraman (uncredited))

Nick Copeland

(Treasurer (uncredited))

Arnold Gray

Arnold Gray

(Stage Actor (uncredited))

Sherry Hall

(Reporter (uncredited))

Kid Herman

(Black Train Waiter (uncredited))

Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

(Train Detective (uncredited))

Frank Mills

Frank Mills

(Marquee Man (uncredited))

King Mojave

(McGonigle's Assistant (uncredited))

Frank O'Connor

Frank O'Connor

(Stagehand (uncredited))

Charles O'Malley

(Reporter (uncredited))

Ky Robinson

(Train Detective (uncredited))

Harry Semels

Harry Semels

(Poster Artist (uncredited))

Earl Smith

(Light-Skinned Black Waiter (uncredited))

Irene Thompson

(Stage Actress (uncredited))

Lillian West

Lillian West

(Charwoman (uncredited))

Buddy Williams

(Black Stage Actor (uncredited))

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