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Twentieth Century

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Twentieth Century	label	Twentieth Century
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Twentieth Century	comment	Twentieth Century is a 1934 comedy starring John Barrymore and Carole Lombard and directed by Howard Hawks; although the name could suggest otherwisenote The year this movie was released, it was only 20th Century Pictures, Inc.; the next year, they merged with Fox Film Corporation to create 20th Century Fox. The title actually makes reference to a train, this film was produced by Columbia Pictures.Barrymore plays Oscar Jaffe, a Broadway producer who plucks a lingerie model named Mildred Plotka (Lombard) from obscurity, gives her the stage name Lily Garland, and makes her a star. They fall in love. The film then cuts to three years later, revealing that their relationship has soured due to Jaffe's maniacal jealousy. After Lily catches a private eye hired by Jaffe in the act of monitoring her phone calls, she leaves him, heads out to Hollywood, and makes it big as a film actress. Jaffe's career tanks, but he's given one last chance to rescue his situation when, while riding the train from Chicago to New York, he finds out that Lily is on board the same train.The last big role for Barrymore, who had been a star since the early silent film days but whose career went into decline due to his alcoholism. On the other hand, a Star-Making Role for Lombard, who would specialize in comic romances like this one, appearing in several classics before her untimely death in a plane crash in 1942. Twentieth Century did poorly at the box office but has since been recognized as helping establish the Screwball Comedy film genre. It was inducted in the National Film Registry in 2011.
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Twentieth Century / int_170128e9	type	Right Behind Me
Twentieth Century / int_170128e9	comment	Right Behind Me: At her apartment, Lily vents about Oscar only to notice him having entered the room behind her back.
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Twentieth Century / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Twentieth Century / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop / Vehicle Title: The train to New York is the 20th Century Limited, which was a real train.
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Twentieth Century / int_1bf0adc6	type	Did You Think I Can't Feel?
Twentieth Century / int_1bf0adc6	comment	Did You Think I Can't Feel?: Lily complains about the way Oscar treats her during rehearsal.
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Twentieth Century / int_1bf3f4af	type	The Svengali
Twentieth Century / int_1bf3f4af	comment	The Svengali: Oscar wants to be this, which Lily lampshades when she says "I'm no Trilby!".
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Twentieth Century / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
Twentieth Century / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: Oscar's two bumbling assistants, the nervous, jittery Oliver and the Deadpan Snarker Owen O'Malley (Roscoe Karns).
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Twentieth Century / int_1d2400e9	type	Green-Eyed Monster
Twentieth Century / int_1d2400e9	comment	Green-Eyed Monster: Oscar's jealousy drives Lily away.
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Twentieth Century / int_1fa5ae07	type	The Prima Donna
Twentieth Century / int_1fa5ae07	comment	The Prima Donna: Lily has turned into one after three successful years in Hollywood.
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Twentieth Century / int_2802a519	type	Impossibly-Low Neckline
Twentieth Century / int_2802a519	comment	Impossibly-Low Neckline: The dress Lily is wearing in Oscar's play does heroic service.
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Twentieth Century / int_2be15316	type	Ambiguously Jewish
Twentieth Century / int_2be15316	comment	Ambiguously Jewish: Oscar rags on rival producer Max Jacobs for changing his name from "Max Mandelbaum".
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Twentieth Century / int_2f92b9da	type	Watching the Reflection Undress
Twentieth Century / int_2f92b9da	comment	Watching the Reflection Undress: Owen O'Malley (and the audience) sees Lily Toplessness from the Back in the mirror when she dresses up for the evening out.
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Twentieth Century / int_355bc288	type	Lingerie Scene
Twentieth Century / int_355bc288	comment	Lingerie Scene: That bra-and-panties ensemble that Lombard wears in her apartment would never have been allowed if this film had been made just a little bit later, after Hollywood cracked down on The Hays Code.
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Twentieth Century / int_405f6f52	type	Recycled Soundtrack
Twentieth Century / int_405f6f52	comment	Recycled Soundtrack: The opening theme music is exactly the same waltz Columbia used for It Happened One Night from the same year.
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Twentieth Century / int_40bb59d0	type	Blatant Lies
Twentieth Century / int_40bb59d0	comment	Blatant Lies: Oscar's assistant Oliver Webb (Walter Connelly) begs Oscar to replace Lily in the play due to her bad acting, then says "I always knew you could do it!" to Lily after she is a smash hit in said play. Oscar promises Lily he isn't going to be jealous and controlling anymore, and then immediately gets a private detective to tap her phones.
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Twentieth Century / int_4e7017f1	type	Wig, Dress, Accent
Twentieth Century / int_4e7017f1	comment	Wig, Dress, Accent: Oscar fools the police at the train station in a disguise using a wig, whiskers and a fake nose.
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Twentieth Century / int_50b9b3d0	type	Crazy Jealous Guy
Twentieth Century / int_50b9b3d0	comment	Crazy Jealous Guy: Oscar. He employs detectives to spy on Lily and even has her phone line tapped. It backfires on him when she finds out and instantly leaves for Hollywood.
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Twentieth Century / int_545cade8	type	Production Posse
Twentieth Century / int_545cade8	comment	Production Posse: In-universe. Oscar and Lily had great success as a director/lead actress combo.
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Twentieth Century / int_59f8264	type	StageName
Twentieth Century / int_59f8264	comment	Stage Name: Mildred Plotka to Lily Garland.
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Twentieth Century / int_5fcb9ad1	type	Time Skip
Twentieth Century / int_5fcb9ad1	comment	Time Skip: Three years after the play's a hit, to demonstrate that the bloom is off the relationship, and then another time skip of unclear duration that establishes that Lily has become a big movie star while Oscar's career as a theater producer is in the toilet.
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Twentieth Century / int_6edc54d5	type	Here We Go Again!
Twentieth Century / int_6edc54d5	comment	Here We Go Again!: The last scene has Oscar and Lily rehearsing the same play they were at the beginning, with Oscar giving the same talk, though this time his "I love you all" clearly means more to Lily. Lampshaded by Owen O'Malley.
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Twentieth Century / int_73d4b01a	type	In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It
Twentieth Century / int_73d4b01a	comment	In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It: An in-universe Executive example. Oscar is such a tremendous egomaniac that his production of The Heart of Kentucky is advertised this way, excluding both the cast and playwright:
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Twentieth Century / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
Twentieth Century / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Oscar acts this way all the time. Lily calls him on it, calling him "Cheap ham!" as he's theatrically threatening to kill himself.
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Twentieth Century / int_9f62723d	type	Get Out!
Twentieth Century / int_9f62723d	comment	Get Out!: This line is used by Oscar when evicting Max Mandelbaum from his play and later by Lily when evicting Oscar from her train cabin.
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Twentieth Century / int_a3912d0e	type	Sexy Discretion Shot
Twentieth Century / int_a3912d0e	comment	Sexy Discretion Shot: Lampshaded — Oscar and Lily kiss in her dressing room after the play's a hit, she embraces him, she says "Don't leave me!", and he pushes the dressing room door shut with his foot.
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Twentieth Century / int_abdc0b3f	type	Held Gaze
Twentieth Century / int_abdc0b3f	comment	Held Gaze: Between Oscar and Lily in her changing room.
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Twentieth Century / int_b707726f	type	Hypocritical Humor
Twentieth Century / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor: "I despise temperament!" Sure you do, Lily.
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Twentieth Century / int_bbc17998	type	Enforced Method Acting
Twentieth Century / int_bbc17998	comment	Enforced Method Acting: Done in-universe when Oscar jabs Lily with a pin to get an authentic scream out of her.
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Twentieth Century / int_dc579c91	type	Contrived Coincidence
Twentieth Century / int_dc579c91	comment	Contrived Coincidence: Oscar and Lily ending up in neighboring cabins at the same train comes very convenient for the plot.
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Twentieth Century / int_f19e8a55	type	Bad "Bad Acting"
Twentieth Century / int_f19e8a55	comment	Bad "Bad Acting": Lily is painfully inexperienced when Oscar brings her onstage in the opening scene to rehearse a play.
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Twentieth Century / int_fa6bfde9	type	Have a Gay Old Time
Twentieth Century / int_fa6bfde9	comment	Have a Gay Old Time:
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Twentieth Century / int_fced5df7	type	Disposable FiancÃ©
Twentieth Century / int_fced5df7	comment	Disposable Fiancé: Lily has a boyfriend when she gets on the train, but Oscar dispatches him pretty easily.
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