A flamboyant Broadway impresario (John Barrymore) who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover (Carole Lombard), now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his failing career.
In December 2011, Twentieth Century was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. In its induction, the Registry said that the "sophisticated farce about the tempestuous romance of an egocentric impresario and the star he creates did not fare well on its release, but has come to be recognized as one of the era's finest film comedies, one that gave John Barrymore his last great film role and Carole Lombard her first." John Barrymore was a great actor, as were many in his family (I am partial to Lionel). Lombard was great in her own right, too. This film is okay. Not amazing, definitely not my favorite from Howard Hawks. But it does have some historical value, as pointed out by the National Film Registry. Anyone who wants to see this, I would not stop them.
In December 2011, Twentieth Century was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. In its induction, the Registry said that the "sophisticated farce about the tempestuous romance of an egocentric impresario and the star he creates did not fare well on its release, but has come to be recognized as one of the era's finest film comedies, one that gave John Barrymore his last great film role and Carole Lombard her first." John Barrymore was a great actor, as were many in his family (I am partial to Lionel). Lombard was great in her own right, too. This film is okay. Not amazing, definitely not my favorite from Howard Hawks. But it does have some historical value, as pointed out by the National Film Registry. Anyone who wants to see this, I would not stop them.