(Howard Hawks, 1934)
Release date: 24 April 2023
Standard Edition Blu-ray
The second film Howard Hawks (The Criminal Code) made at Columbia Pictures is among his greatest works. John Barrymore plays a theatre impresario down on his luck. Carole Lombard is his former protégé, now a major star. When the two meet by chance aboard the Twentieth Century locomotive, their love-hate relationship is reignited.
Now recognised as a classic, Twentieth Century is the film which established the template for the screwball comedy – and made Lombard a star.
INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film critic and writer Farran Smith Nehme (2021)
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Stars in Her Eyes (2021, 17 mins): academic Lucy Bolton discusses the film career of actor Carole Lombard
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Peter Bogdanovich Recommends ‘Twentieth Century’ (1989, 5 mins): appreciation by the acclaimed filmmaker
- Super 8 version: cut-down home cinema presentation
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The Campbell Playhouse: ‘Twentieth Century’ (1939, 57 mins): radio adaptation starring Orson Welles and Elissa Landi
- Austin Film Society trailer (2016)
- Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
