Twentieth Century (1934)
Dvd English
Director Howard Hawks
Genre Comedy
Plot Summary: Broadway director Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore) is a bigger ham than most actors, but through sheer drive and talent he is able to build a successful career. When one of his discoveries, Lily Garland (Carole Lombard), rises to stardom and heeds the call of Hollywood, Oscar begins a career slide. He hits the skids and seems on his way out, until he chances to meet Lily again, on a train ride aboard the Twentieth Century Limited. Oscar pulls out all the stops to re-sign his former star, but it's a battle... because Lily, who is as temperamental as Oscar is, wants to have nothing to do with her former mentor..
CAST
John Barrymore ... Oscar 'O.J.' Jaffe
Carole Lombard ... Lily Garland, aka Mildred Plotka
Walter Connolly ... Oliver Webb
Roscoe Karns ... Owen O'Malley
Ralph Forbes ... George Smith
Charles Lane ... Max Jacobs (as Charles Levison)
Etienne Girardot ... Mathew J. Clark
Dale Fuller ... Sadie, Lily's maid
Edgar Kennedy ... Oscar McGonigle
Billie Seward ... Anita, irate woman on train
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