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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404977730
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 1404977732
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageGermanOriginal LanguageJapaneseSubtitled
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: 10671
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: February 22, 2005
Running Time: 91 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: May 11, 1934
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Carole Lombard and John Barrymore star in this all-time classic screwball comedy based on the Charles MacArthur Ben Hecht Broadway hit and directed by Howard Hawks. It s the story of a maniacal Broadway director (Barrymore) who transforms shopgirl Carole Lombard from a talented amateur to a smashing Great White Way success adored by public and press.System Requirements:Running Time: 91 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 043396106710 Manufacturer No: 10671
Amazon.com:
Screwball comedy was practically invented by this classic Howard Hawks picture, a breathless farce with not an ounce of sentimentality. John Barrymore, in magnificent form, plays egomaniacal Broadway producer Oscar Jaffe, who molds his latest protégé, Mildred Plotka, into elegant thee-a-tuh star Lily Garland (Carole Lombard). The last hour of the picture has Oscar and Lily, now on the outs, battling each other on the Chicago-to-New York train. These two marvelous creatures are quintessential Hawks characters, figures of pure style who can't exist without the adrenaline and spark so amply supplied by the Hecht-MacArthur script. Hawks's giddyup pacing anticipates Bringing Up Baby and His Girl Friday, and his deployment of character actors (notably Walter Connolly and Roscoe Karns, as Jaffe's long-suffering, oft-fired flunkies) is sublime. Barrymore and Lombard take it at full speed, grand and horrid and silly and probably meant for each other. --Robert Horton
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
Lombard(Lily). They outrageosly overact their way thru this disappointing 1934 comedy. It's a battle of wits as Lily tries to escape the clutches of her director the great Jaffe. He has made her a big success on Broadway. But he is sufficating her with his controlling of her every waking moment. She rebels & flees to Hollywood & becomes a star. Jaffe is a flop after her. Several years pass & they happen to both be traveling on the 20th Century. It is the train traveling between Chicago & New York ... Read More
Rating:  -
Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht wrote the script for this movie. Howard Hawkes directed. It stars Carole Lombard and John Barrymore as a sort of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne couple. These Hollywood glitterati and literati collaborated to make this sparkling champagne freshet of a movie that should be brought back into wide circulation. Much of it comes across as crisp, modern, and even technologically ahead of its time - as when Barrymore orders a phone tap in an attempt to catch his wife in what he ... Read More
Rating: -
I had high hopes for this film. I love Carole Lombard--Barrymore, Connolly and Hawkes too. But for me, this screwball comedy/farce seems dull and dated.
Lombard is well below par, certainly nothing compared to her work in My Man Godfrey. And unlike Lombard's chemistry with William Powell (her ex-husband in real life)in that film, here she seems to have none with Barrymore.
Barrymore has some good ham moments, as do Connolly and the other sidekick. As a whole, a long 90 minutes, ... Read More
Rating:  -
Like the other reviewers, I don't like the DVD transfer. It could be a lot better. However, it's good enough to view the film and enjoy it. Director Howard Hawks has done a marvelous job of mixing the elements and producing a witty and sometimes hectic comedy. John Barrymore is strictly over the top here, somewhat like Jack Nicholson in the first Batman. This film benefits greatly from being a "pre-code." If the production had occured later, this film would be a waste. As it is, the adult humor shines ... Read More
Rating: -
On top of that there are no extras. The film itself is quite good, being one of the first screwball comedies. Popular later in the 30's because the manic pace of the comedy could make up for the lack of realism due to the imposition of the production code in mid-1934, this film is one of the rare screwball comedies made before the code began to be enforced. John Barrymore shows that besides being a great serious actor he was terrific at physical comedy as well. He even manages to comically jab at some of his ... Read More
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