Twentieth Century (1934 film)

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film screwball comedy film

Twentieth Century (1934 film) is a classic 1930s screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks, celebrated for its rapid-fire dialogue and John Barrymore’s flamboyant performance as an egotistical Broadway producer.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
1932 play Twentieth Century	1
1934 film Twentieth Century	1
Twentieth Century (1934 film) canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ screwball comedy film ⓘ
basedOn	Twentieth Century (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ
blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
character	Lily Garland NERFINISHED ⓘ Oscar Jaffe NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Joseph H. August NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Howard Hawks NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	Columbia Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
editedBy	Gene Havlick NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	1930s American cinema ⓘ
filmFormat	35 mm ⓘ
filmingStyle	fast-paced dialogue-driven comedy ⓘ
genre	screwball comedy ⓘ
hasFilmRating	Passed (Production Code era) ⓘ
hasSubject	romantic relationships ⓘ show business ⓘ theatre ⓘ
hasTitle	Twentieth Century NERFINISHED ⓘ
leadActor	Carole Lombard NERFINISHED ⓘ John Barrymore NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium	theatrical feature film ⓘ
musicBy	Howard Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus	relationship between a Broadway producer and a stage actress ⓘ
notableFor	John Barrymore’s flamboyant performance ⓘ rapid-fire dialogue ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Golden Age of Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ
playwright	Ben Hecht NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles MacArthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrays	egotistical Broadway producer ⓘ
producer	Howard Hawks NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Columbia Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate	1934-05-03 ⓘ
releaseDecade	1930s ⓘ
releaseYear	1934 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	91 ⓘ
screenwriter	Ben Hecht NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles MacArthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ Twentieth Century Limited train NERFINISHED ⓘ
starring	Carole Lombard NERFINISHED ⓘ John Barrymore NERFINISHED ⓘ Roscoe Karns NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Connolly NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	early 20th century American theatre ⓘ

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John Barrymore → notableWork → Twentieth Century (1934 film) ⓘ

On the Twentieth Century → basedOn → Twentieth Century (1934 film) ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1932 play Twentieth Century

On the Twentieth Century → basedOn → Twentieth Century (1934 film) ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1934 film Twentieth Century