Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century (1934)★ 6.9/10

Approved · US · 91 min · May 3, 1934

  • Comedy
  • Romance

Directed by: Howard Hawks

Written by: Charles Bruce Millholland, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Preston Sturges, Gene Fowler

A flamboyant Broadway impresario who's fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover who has become a Hollywood diva to return and resurrect his failing career.

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Cast & crew

John BarrymoreOscar JaffeCarole LombardLily Garland formerly Mildred PlotkaWalter ConnollyOliver WebbRoscoe KarnsOwen O'MalleyRalph ForbesGeorge SmithCharles LaneMax JacobsEtienne GirardotMathew J. ClarkDale FullerSadieEdgar KennedyOscar McGonigleBillie SewardAnitaBobby BarberSign Painter (uncredited)Herman BingBeard #1 (uncredited)Lynton BrentTrain Secretary (uncredited)Anita BrownBlack Stage Showgirl (uncredited)James BurkeSheriff (uncredited)James P. BurtisTrain Conductor (uncredited)Eddy ChandlerCameraman (uncredited)Nick CopelandTreasurer (uncredited)Pat FlahertyFlannigan (uncredited)Clarence GeldertColonel Merriweather in Play (uncredited)Arnold GrayStage Actor (uncredited)Sherry HallReporter (uncredited)A.R. HayselBob (uncredited)Kid HermanBlack Train Waiter (uncredited)Howard HickmanDr. Johnson (uncredited)Fred KelseyTrain Detective (uncredited)Lee KohlmarBeard #2 (uncredited)Frank MarloweMulligan (uncredited)Mary Jo MathewsEmmy Lou in Play (uncredited)Frank MillsMarquee Man (uncredited)King MojaveMcGonigle's Assistant (uncredited)Frank O'ConnorStagehand (uncredited)Charles O'MalleyReporter (uncredited)George Offerman Jr.Page Boy (uncredited)Gigi ParrishMyrtle Schultz (uncredited)Steve PendletonBrother in Play (uncredited)George ReedUncle Remus in Play (uncredited)Ky RobinsonTrain Detective (uncredited)Harry SemelsPoster Artist (uncredited)Earl SmithLight-Skinned Black Waiter (uncredited)Clifford ThompsonLockwood (uncredited)Irene ThompsonStage Actress (uncredited)Fred 'Snowflake' ToonesGeorge Washington Jones (uncredited)Lillian WestCharwoman (uncredited)Buddy WilliamsBlack Stage Actor (uncredited)