list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Twentieth Century on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Twentieth_Century/36119/default.aspx Title: Twentieth Century
Year: 1934
Director: Howard Hawks
Plot: Flamboyant, egomaniacal theatrical impresario Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore) transforms chorus girl Mildred Plotka (Carole Lombard) into leading lady Lily Garland, the toast of Broadway. Once she's ascended to stardom, Mildred/Lily cannot abide Jaffe's obsessive control of her life and career. When he hires a private detective (Edgar Kennedy) to keep tabs on her, it's the last straw. Lily whisks herself off to Hollywood, where she quickly becomes a top movie star. Months pass: without his "creation" to star in his productions, Jaffe goes bankrupt. With his faithful stooges O'Malley (Roscoe Karns) and Webb (Walter Connolly) in tow, Jaffe boards the Twentieth Century Limited, one step ahead of his creditors. By an incredible coincidence, Lily is also on the Twentieth Century, accompanied by her stuffy fiance George Smith (Ralph Forbes). With near-maniacal glee, Jaffe undertakes the herculean task of signing Lily to star in his upcoming spectacular staging of "The Passion Play". Now the laughs, which have been erupting at safe intervals for the past 45 minutes, really begin to cascade, with Oscar, Lily, and a wide variety of eccentrics chasing each other around the Twentieth Century as it speeds its way from Chicago to New York. Based on the Broadway play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, Twentieth Century is "screwball comedy" at its screwiest. Director Howard Hawks once claimed that he was the first to treat his romantic leads like comedians: whether he was or not, it is true than Barrymore and Lombard deliver two of the funniest performances of the 1930s. Nearly 50 years after the release of Twentieth Century, the property was revived as a Broadway musical, On the 20th Century, starring Kevin Kline and Madeline Kahn. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:01:18 GMTTwentieth Century1934Howard HawksFlamboyant, egomaniacal theatrical impresario Oscar Jaffe (<a href="/players/P_____4291/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Barrymore</a>) transforms chorus girl Mildred Plotka (<a href="/players/P____43021/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Carole Lombard</a>) into leading lady Lily Garland, the toast of Broadway. Once she's ascended to stardom, Mildred/Lily cannot abide Jaffe's obsessive control of her life and career. When he hires a private detective (<a href="/players/P____37701/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Edgar Kennedy</a>) to keep tabs on her, it's the last straw. Lily whisks herself off to Hollywood, where she quickly becomes a top movie star. Months pass: without his "creation" to star in his productions, Jaffe goes bankrupt. With his faithful stooges O'Malley (<a href="/players/P____36953/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Roscoe Karns</a>) and Webb (<a href="/players/P____14540/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Walter Connolly</a>) in tow, Jaffe boards the Twentieth Century Limited, one step ahead of his creditors. By an incredible coincidence, Lily is also on the Twentieth Century, accompanied by her stuffy fiance George Smith (<a href="/players/P____24191/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ralph Forbes</a>). With near-maniacal glee, Jaffe undertakes the herculean task of signing Lily to star in his upcoming spectacular staging of "The Passion Play". Now the laughs, which have been erupting at safe intervals for the past 45 minutes, really begin to cascade, with Oscar, Lily, and a wide variety of eccentrics chasing each other around the Twentieth Century as it speeds its way from Chicago to New York. Based on the Broadway play by <a href="/players/P____93876/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ben Hecht</a> and <a href="/players/P___100518/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Charles MacArthur</a>, Twentieth Century is "screwball comedy" at its screwiest. Director <a href="/players/P____93764/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Howard Hawks</a> once claimed that he was the first to treat his romantic leads like comedians: whether he was or not, it is true than Barrymore and Lombard deliver two of the funniest performances of the 1930s. Nearly 50 years after the release of Twentieth Century, the property was revived as a Broadway musical, On the 20th Century, starring <a href="/players/P____38699/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Kevin Kline</a> and <a href="/players/P____36650/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Madeline Kahn</a>. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide3Slightly Tagged (1-5)533http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t53726cit4c.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Twentieth_Century/36119/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/11/12/37252.aspx Post By: Karina
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Post Date: 11/12/2008 1:01:18 PM
Body: Netflix recently opened up a Mac Beta version of their Watch Instantly movie streaming service (via Microsoft’s much-maligned Silverlight. About 15 minutes ago I decided to give it a test drive, and now I’m already five minutes deep into Howard Hawks’ Twentieth Century. It’s that simple!!! Just go to Netflix.com/silverlightoptin, click a button to enter the Beta, pick a movie to watch, install Silverlight, and your movie really will start playing instantly. It’s not false advertising! My only complaint thus far is that, unlike a YouTube or Hulu clip, you can’t wait for the full video to load before you start watching — the video buffers itself in real time based on the strength of your internet connection. So every time my Gchat goes off, Twentieth Century goes off, too. This is surely my fault for attempting to multitask. I trust you would give Carole Lombard the undivided attention she deserves. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth
]]>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:01:18 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog11/12/2008 1:01:18 PMNetflix recently opened up a Mac Beta version of their Watch Instantly movie streaming service (via Microsoft’s much-maligned Silverlight. About 15 minutes ago I decided to give it a test drive, and now I’m already five minutes deep into Howard Hawks’ Twentieth Century. It’s that simple!!! Just go to Netflix.com/silverlightoptin, click a button to enter the Beta, pick a movie to watch, install Silverlight, and your movie really will start playing instantly. It’s not false advertising! My only complaint thus far is that, unlike a YouTube or Hulu clip, you can’t wait for the full video to load before you start watching — the video buffers itself in real time based on the strength of your internet connection. So every time my Gchat goes off, Twentieth Century goes off, too. This is surely my fault for attempting to multitask. I trust you would give Carole Lombard the undivided attention she deserves. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/11/12/37251.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 11/12/2008 1:00:46 PM
Body: Netflix recently opened up a Mac Beta version of their Watch Instantly movie streaming service (via Microsoft’s much-maligned Silverlight. About 15 minutes ago I decided to give it a test drive, and now I’m already five minutes deep into Howard Hawks’ Twentieth Century. It’s that simple!!! Just go to Netflix.com/silverlightoptin, click a button to enter the Beta, pick a movie to watch, install Silverlight, and your movie really will start playing instantly. It’s not false advertising! My only complaint thus far is that, unlike a YouTube or Hulu clip, you can’t wait for the full video to load before you start watching — the video buffers itself in real time based on the strength of your internet connection. So every time my Gchat goes off, Twentieth Century goes off, too. This is surely my fault for attempting to multitask. I trust you would give Carole Lombard the undivided attention she deserves. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:00:46 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com11/12/2008 1:00:46 PMNetflix recently opened up a Mac Beta version of their Watch Instantly movie streaming service (via Microsoft’s much-maligned Silverlight. About 15 minutes ago I decided to give it a test drive, and now I’m already five minutes deep into Howard Hawks’ Twentieth Century. It’s that simple!!! Just go to Netflix.com/silverlightoptin, click a button to enter the Beta, pick a movie to watch, install Silverlight, and your movie really will start playing instantly. It’s not false advertising! My only complaint thus far is that, unlike a YouTube or Hulu clip, you can’t wait for the full video to load before you start watching — the video buffers itself in real time based on the strength of your internet connection. So every time my Gchat goes off, Twentieth Century goes off, too. This is surely my fault for attempting to multitask. I trust you would give Carole Lombard the undivided attention she deserves. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/krishkmenon/archive/2008/10/6/35961.aspx Post By: krishkmenon
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Post Date: 10/6/2008 11:38:24 PM
Body: The title refers to the train that used to operate between Chicago and Los Angeles before air travel was the preferred means of transport by the gliterazzi. In this movie the hilarious performances by John Barrymore (The Great Profile Legend), Carole Lombard (The greatest of screwball comedy actresses), Roscoe Karns and Walter Conolley make it a treat to view. The story revolves on a producer who creates a Cinderella and loses her to competition as he is too demanding and overbearing. Now down on his luck he conspires with his two cronies to woo her back and this is achieved on board the Twentieth Century when the entire group travel together. Get ready to laugh your heart out non-stop and take care not to miss out on the screwball dialogues. Every scene is hilariously funny and the direction first-rate. Anything more to be said on this movie is just SEE IT TO EXPERIENCE IT. By Krishna Kumar Menon Chennai(Madras), India
]]>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:38:24 GMTkrishkmenonkrishkmenon Blog10/6/2008 11:38:24 PMThe title refers to the train that used to operate between Chicago and Los Angeles before air travel was the preferred means of transport by the gliterazzi. In this movie the hilarious performances by John Barrymore (The Great Profile Legend), Carole Lombard (The greatest of screwball comedy actresses), Roscoe Karns and Walter Conolley make it a treat to view. The story revolves on a producer who creates a Cinderella and loses her to competition as he is too demanding and overbearing. Now down on his luck he conspires with his two cronies to woo her back and this is achieved on board the Twentieth Century when the entire group travel together. Get ready to laugh your heart out non-stop and take care not to miss out on the screwball dialogues. Every scene is hilariously funny and the direction first-rate. Anything more to be said on this movie is just SEE IT TO EXPERIENCE IT. By Krishna Kumar Menon Chennai(Madras), India http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/love/MemberTagFilms.aspxlove
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