

Twentieth Century
The Star of Stars in the Hit of Hits!
A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.
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- Language
- German
- stage
- theater play
- disguise
- rehearsal
- pre-code
- protégé
- ham
- hysterics
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United StatesUS
- PremiereNRNew York City, New York3 May 1934
- Theatrical11 May 1934
ItalyIT
- Theatrical24 Jan 1935
JapanJP
- TheatricalG1 Nov 1934
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1515 Sept 1934
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Twentieth Century was released on 11 May 1934.
Audience reviews
2- B8/10
barrymost
9/5/2019
You'd best hold on tight and don't let go because you're in for quite the ride on board the Twentieth Century. It's screwball comedy taken to the absolute max, and it barely lets up for a minute. It's one ridiculously memorable (or memorably ridiculous) scene after another, with just a couple highlights being Carole Lombard getting stabbed in the behind with a pincushion, and John Barrymore faking a fatal bullet wo…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
8/21/2024
I'm not quite sure what the title had to do with anything, but this is still an enjoyable opportunity for John Barrymore and Carole Lombard to have some theatrical games of cat and mouse with a bit of help from the long suffering Walter Connolly's "Oliver" and the permanently sozzled "Owen" (Roscoe Karns). Barrymore is the acclaimed impresario "Jaffe" who discovers the improbably named "Mlldred Plotka", re-christens …
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