Directed by:
Howard HawksCinematography:
Joseph H. AugustCast:
John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Ralph Forbes, Charles Lane, Etienne Girardot, Edgar Kennedy, Herman Bing, Gigi Parrish (more)VOD (2)
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In TWENTIETH CENTURY, Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore), a temperamental Broadway producer with a history of success and an ego to match, turns his tyrannical energies on young starlet Mildred Plotka (Carole Lombard). Before long she's renamed Lily Garland and has become the toast of the town, amid a tempestuous romantic relationship with Jaffe. Years and several successful plays later, Lily leaves for Hollywood, and Jaffe's plays begin to flop. After a disastrous show in Chicago, Jaffe encounters Lily on a train and tries everything to get her to return to Broadway, but Lily doesn't want anything to do with her former mentor. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
John Barrymore
USA
Best movies:
Midnight (1939)
Counsellor at Law (1933)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Carole Lombard
USA
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Walter Connolly
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Libeled Lady (1936)
Roscoe Karns
USA
Best movies:
Beggars of Life (1928)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Wings (1927)
Ralph Forbes
UK
Best movies:
If I Were King (1938)
Stage Door (1937)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
Charles Lane
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Etienne Girardot
UK
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Twentieth Century (1934)
Edgar Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
Double Wedding (1937)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Herman Bing
German Empire
Best movies:
Sunrise (1927)
Dumbo (1941)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Gigi Parrish
USA
Best movies:
Twentieth Century (1934)
Roman Scandals (1933)
Pat Flaherty
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Frank Mills
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Fury (1936)
Fred Kelsey
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Love Is News (1937)
Storm Warning (1951)
Frank Marlowe
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
James P. Burtis
USA
Best movies:
Carefree (1938)
Show Boat (1936)
The Texans (1938)
Sherry Hall
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Steve Pendleton
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
James Burke
USA
Best movies:
The Power and the Glory (1933)
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Lynton Brent
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
King Kong (1933)
Arthur Richard Haysel
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
City Streets (1931)
Twentieth Century (1934)