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Train de luxe ()

Twentieth Century (original title)
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A flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his failing career.
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Oscar Jaffe
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Lily Garland aka Mildred Plotka
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Oliver Webb
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Owen O'Malley
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George Smith
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Max Jacobs aka Max Mandelbaum (as Charles Levison)
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Mathew J. Clark
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Sadie
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Oscar McGonigle
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Anita
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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Beard #1 (uncredited)
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Train Secretary (uncredited)
Anita Brown ...
Black Stage Showgirl (uncredited)
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Sheriff (uncredited)
James P. Burtis ...
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler ...
Cameraman (uncredited)
Nick Copeland ...
Treasurer (uncredited)
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Flannigan (uncredited)
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Col. Merriweather in Play (uncredited)
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Stage Actor (uncredited)
Sherry Hall ...
Reporter (uncredited)
A.R. Haysel ...
Bob (uncredited)
Kid Herman ...
Black Train Waiter (uncredited)
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Dr. Johnson (uncredited)
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Train Detective (uncredited)
Lee Kohlmar ...
Beard #2 (uncredited)
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Mulligan (uncredited)
Mary Jo Mathews ...
Emmy Lou in Play (uncredited)
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Marquee Man (uncredited)
King Mojave ...
McGonigle's Assistant (uncredited)
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Stagehand (uncredited)
Charles O'Malley ...
Reporter (uncredited)
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Page Boy (uncredited)
Gigi Parrish ...
Myrtle Schultz (uncredited)
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Brother in Play (uncredited)
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Uncle Remus in Play (uncredited)
Ky Robinson ...
Train Detective (uncredited)
Harry Semels ...
Poster Artist (uncredited)
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Lockwood (uncredited)
Irene Thompson ...
Stage Actress (uncredited)
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George Washington Jones (uncredited)
Lillian West ...
Charwoman (uncredited)
Buddy Williams ...
Black Stage Actor (uncredited)

Directed by

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Howard Hawks

Written by

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Charles Bruce Millholland ... (play "Napoleon of Broadway")
 
Ben Hecht ... (screenplay) and
Charles MacArthur ... (screenplay)
 
Preston Sturges ... () (uncredited)
 
Gene Fowler ... (screenplay) (uncredited)
 
Ben Hecht ... (play) (uncredited)
 
Charles MacArthur ... (play) (uncredited)

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Howard Hawks ... producer
Harry Cohn ... executive producer (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Joseph H. August ... (as Joseph August)

Film Editing by

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Gene Havlick

Casting By

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Harold Dodds
Dan Kelly

Costume Design by

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Robert Kalloch ... (uncredited) (gowns)

Production Management

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Samuel J. Briskin ... production supervisor (uncredited)

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Charles C. Coleman ... assistant director (as C.C. Coleman Jr.)

Sound Department

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Edward Bernds ... sound engineer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Jack Anderson ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Bud Fraker ... still photographer (uncredited)
Marcel Grand ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Irving Lippman ... still photographer (uncredited)
Dave Ragin ... camera operator (uncredited)

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Howard Jackson ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Louis Silvers ... composer: stock music (uncredited) / musical director (uncredited)
Harry M. Woods ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

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George Abbott ... producer: stage play
Phillip Dunning ... producer: stage play (as Philip Dunning)
Virginia Gaylord ... stand-in (uncredited)
Fred Humes ... stand-in (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

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 to have nothing to do with her former mentor. Written by Dan Navarro

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Also Known As
  • 20th Century (United States)
  • Train de luxe (France)
  • La comedia de la vida (Spain)
  • Ventesimo secolo (Italy)
  • Napoleon vom Broadway (Austria)
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  • 91 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia John Barrymore once said that the role of Oscar was "a role that comes once in a lifetime" and even deemed this his favorite of all the movies he appeared in. See more »
Goofs When Jaffe takes over direction, he addresses Lily by her new name and she responds, even though she hasn't heard it before. This gap was caused by the deletion of a brief scene in which O'Malley informs her that Jaffe has changed her name. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973). See more »
Soundtracks Happy Days Are Here Again See more »
Quotes Oscar Jaffe: I never thought I should sink so low as to become an actor.
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