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| name = Twentieth Century |
| name = Twentieth Century |
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| image = TWENTIETH-CENTURY-post1.jpg |
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| director = [[Howard Hawks]] |
| director = [[Howard Hawks]] |
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| producer = [[Howard Hawks]] |
| producer = [[Howard Hawks]] |
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| writer = [[Charles Bruce Millholland]] (play)<br/>[[Ben Hecht]] (also play)<br/>[[Charles MacArthur]] (also play)<br/>[[Gene Fowler]]<br/>[[Preston Sturges]] |
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| starring = [[John Barrymore]]<br/>[[Carole Lombard |
| starring = [[John Barrymore]]<br/>[[Carole Lombard]] |
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| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] |
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] |
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| released = [[May 3]], [[1934]] |
| released = [[May 3]], [[1934]] |
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:''For the Broadway play of the same name, see [[Twentieth Century (play)|Twentieth Century]].'' |
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'''''Twentieth Century''''' was the title of several incarnations of a screwball comedy plot featuring an egomaniacal Broadway producer who makes a shopgirl into a star, then tries to win her back after she abandons him. Most of the action takes place aboard the [[New York City|New York]]–[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] train known as the [[Twentieth Century Limited]]. |
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'''''Twentieth Century''''' is a 1934 [[United States|American]] [[screwball comedy]] [[film]]. |
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The plot first took form in [[Charles Bruce Millholland]]'s play ''Napoleon of Broadway'', based on his experiences working for the theater producer [[David Belasco]]. This was adapted by [[Ben Hecht]] and [[Charles MacArthur]] as the play ''Twentieth Century'', which was produced and directed on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in [[1932]] by [[George Abbott]]. (It was revived in [[1950]]). |
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[[Image:Barrymore-Lombard2.jpg|left]]Based on the [[Ben Hecht]]-[[Charles MacArthur]] [[Twentieth Century (play)|play of the same name]], it is set on board the [[20th Century Limited]], a luxury train bound for [[Grand Central Station]] in [[New York City]] from [[Chicago]]. Among the passengers are [[egomania]]cal [[Broadway theatre]] [[theatre producer|producer]] Oscar Jaffe, desperately in need of a hit after a succession of dismal flops, and his former sweetheart, temperamental actress Lily Garland, a shopgirl named Mildred Plotka he molded into a star who then abandoned him for a [[Hollywood]] career. Jaffe is determined to woo her back to the stage - and, perhaps, his bed - while she is just as determined to ignore his advances, both professional and romantic. |
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The play was adapted by Hecht and MacArthur (credited) and by [[Gene Fowler]] and [[Preston Sturges]] (uncredited) for [[Howard Hawks]]'s [[1934]] film, ''Twentieth Century'', which starred [[John Barrymore]] and [[Carole Lombard]]. |
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Hecht and MacArthur adapted their play for the screen with assistance from [[Gene Fowler]] and [[Preston Sturges]], neither of whom was credited. The cast, directed by [[Howard Hawks]], included [[John Barrymore]], [[Carole Lombard]], and [[Edgar Kennedy]]. |
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[[Category:1934 films]] |
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[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025919/ Internet Movie Database listing] |
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| Twentieth Century | |
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| File:TWENTIETH-CENTURY-post1.jpg Film poster | |
| Directed by | Howard Hawks |
| Produced by | Howard Hawks |
| Starring | John Barrymore Carole Lombard |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates | May 3, 1934 |
Running time | 91 min. |
| Language | English/German |
- For the Broadway play of the same name, see Twentieth Century.
Twentieth Century is a 1934 American screwball comedy film.
Based on the Ben Hecht-Charles MacArthur play of the same name, it is set on board the 20th Century Limited, a luxury train bound for Grand Central Station in New York City from Chicago. Among the passengers are egomaniacal Broadway theatre producer Oscar Jaffe, desperately in need of a hit after a succession of dismal flops, and his former sweetheart, temperamental actress Lily Garland, a shopgirl named Mildred Plotka he molded into a star who then abandoned him for a Hollywood career. Jaffe is determined to woo her back to the stage - and, perhaps, his bed - while she is just as determined to ignore his advances, both professional and romantic.
Hecht and MacArthur adapted their play for the screen with assistance from Gene Fowler and Preston Sturges, neither of whom was credited. The cast, directed by Howard Hawks, included John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, and Edgar Kennedy.