John Barrymore
Oscar Jaffe
Carole Lombard
Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka
Walter Connolly
Oliver Webb
Roscoe Karns
Owen O'Malley
Ralph Forbes
George Smith
Charles Lane
Max Jacobs
Etienne Girardot
Matthew J. Clark
Dale Fuller
Sadie
Edgar Kennedy
Oscar McGonigle
Billie Seward
Anita
Herman Bing
Beard #1 (uncredited)
James Burke
Sheriff (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Flannigan (uncredited)
Clarence Geldart
Colonel Merriweather in Play (uncredited)
A.R. Haysel
Bob (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
Dr. Johnson (uncredited)
Lee Kohlmar
Beard #2 (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Mulligan (uncredited)Mary Jo Mathews
Emmy Lou in Play (uncredited)
George Offerman, Jr.
Page Boy (uncredited)
Gigi Parrish
Myrtle Schultz (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
Brother in Play (uncredited)
George H. Reed
Uncle Remus in Play (uncredited)Clifford Thompson
Lockwood (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
George Washington Jones (uncredited)
Lynton Brent
Train Secretary (uncredited)Anita Brown
Black Stage Showgirl (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Cameraman (uncredited)Nick Copeland
Treasurer (uncredited)
Arnold Gray
Stage Actor (uncredited)Sherry Hall
Reporter (uncredited)Kid Herman
Black Train Waiter (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Train Detective (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Marquee Man (uncredited)King Mojave
McGonigle's Assistant (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Stagehand (uncredited)Ky Robinson
Train Detective (uncredited)
Harry Semels
Poster Artist (uncredited)Earl Smith
Light-Skinned Black Waiter (uncredited)Irene Thompson
Stage Actress (uncredited)
Lillian West
Charwoman (uncredited)Buddy Williams
Black Stage Actor (uncredited)Released
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- #theater play
- #disguise
- #rehearsal
- #pre-code
- #protégé
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- #hysterics
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You'd best hold on tight and don't let go because you're in for quite the ride on board the Twentieth Century. It's screwball comedy taken to the absolute max, and it barely lets up for a minute. It's one ridiculously memorable (or memorably ridiculous) scene after another, with just a couple highlights being Carole Lombard getting stabbed in the behind with a pincushion, and John Barrymore faki