Talk:Twentieth Century (film)

Twentieth Century (film)
This page was moved from Twentieth Century (film) to 20th Century (film) on January 4, 2015. The edit summary on the move reads, "Very clearly written this way in all sources". That isn't actually true; in any print or online source I've seen, the title matches that of the play. These print sources include Halliwell's Film Guide (page 852), Clive Hirschhorn's The Columbia Story (page 55), Pauline Kael's 5001 Nights at the Movies (page 796), and The Film Encyclopedia by Ephraim Katz. Here are a few that are online: Few internal links point directly to 20th Century (film), but I will correct any that do after I move the page back. — WFinch (talk) 19:24, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
 * American Film Institute
 * British Film Institute
 * The New York Times
 * Turner Classic Movies

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Screwball comedy?
I don't know who decided this is a "screwball comedy." It's a parody and a satire on the Broadway play business, with Barrymore parodying himself with overacting and ridiculous dramatic dialog. Lombard, in the spirit of things, overacts, too. There are no, or very few, slapstick scenes. Perhaps the best one is when Barrymore picks his nose. That might be his opinion of the whole thing, too. It has very little in common with "Bringing Up Baby" or "His Girl Friday." It's not the screwball comedy you're looking for. Wastrel Way (talk) 01:05, 2 March 2019 (UTC) Eric
 * The British Film Institute seems to think it is: "Two films in 1934 are said to have kickstarted the screwball wave: It Happened One Night ... and Howard Hawks’s Twentieth Century". So does film critic Emanuel Levy, who wrote an article titled "Twentieth Century (1934): Howard Hawks’ Top Screwball Comedy, Starring John Barrymore and Carole Lombard". Clarityfiend (talk) 06:25, 2 March 2019 (UTC)