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“Twentieth Century” (1934) 2/4 - It’s got all the right elements, but the telling causes this #CaroleLombard and #JohnBarrymore prototype #screwball comedy to drag. The scenes with #Lombard and #Barrymore trying to out-theatre the other are insanely fun even if #Barrymore feels like he is more acting than ‘reacting’. From a writing standpoint, it’s interesting to stack against #Hecht, #MacArthur, and #Hawks’s better known film, “His Girlfriend Friday” (4/4), which never fails to dazzle.
@mgray I love “Twentieth Century” but then I just love watching Barrymore in full flight. Nobody could chew scenery the way Barrymore could.
@d4doome agreed, the ‘chewing’ the drapes scenes are great, particularly the couple fever pitch ones near the end.