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Saturday Cinema: 2 Twentieth Century

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring
John Barrymore , Carole Lombard Walter Connolly , Roscoe Karns
On the luxurious Twentieth Century train en route from Chicago to New York, Broadway impresario Oscar Jaffe , to save himself from financial ruin, attempts to win back his one time protégée, Lily Garland , with a contract to play the Magdalene.
One of the first and funniest of the 30s' ' screwball comedies', Hecht's and MacArthur's sparkling comedy made Carole Lombard a Hollywood star.
Screenplay by CHARLES MACARTHUR and BEN HECHT Directed by HOWARD HAWKS
. Films: page 17

Contributors

Unknown:
John Barrymore
Unknown:
Carole Lombard
Unknown:
Walter Connolly
Unknown:
Roscoe Karns
Unknown:
Oscar Jaffe
Unknown:
Lily Garland
Unknown:
Carole Lombard
Unknown:
Charles MacArthur
Unknown:
Ben Hecht
Directed By:
Howard Hawks
Oscar Jaffe:
John Barrymore
Lily Garland:
Carole Lombard
Webb:
Walter Connolly
O'Malley:
Roscoe Karns
Jacobs:
Charles Levison
Clark:
Etienne Girardot
Sadie:
Dale Fuller
George Smith:
Ralph Forbes
Anita:
Billie Seward
Lockwood:
Clifford Thompson
Conductor:
James P Burtis
Schultz:
Gigi Parrish
Source: Radio Times

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