New York State Writers Institute - Classic Film Series

TWENTIETH CENTURY January 26, 2001 (Friday) at 7:30 p.m. Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue (Free and Open to the Public) (American, 1934, 91 minutes, b&w, 35mm) Directed by Howard Hawks Starring John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly, Rosco Karns

TWENTIETH CENTURY was the prototype for the screwball comedies of the 30s. It also propelled Carole Lombard into a star comedienne. An egomaniacal Broadway producer turns a chorus girl into a star only to have her turn her back on him and force him into bankruptcy. The film is based on the Broadway play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.

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