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Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century

Comedy · Romance · 1934

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

Movie details

Twentieth Century

“The Star of Stars in the Hit of Hits!”

1934 Comedy · Romance 1h 31m

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TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

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

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Howard Hawks

Written by

Ben Hecht · Gene Fowler · Charles MacArthur · Preston Sturges

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

Court is in session

Put Twentieth Century on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.