Twentieth Century
(1934)
★ 6.8 IMDb · 114 votes
Year: 1934
Runtime: 91 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Говард Хоукс
Cast: Джон Бэрримор, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Ralph Forbes, Чарльз Лэйн, Etienne Girardot, Dale Fuller, Эдгар Кеннеди, Billie Seward
Plot
A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.
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 nothing to do with her former mentor.