Twentieth Century

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SIFF Cinema Uptown

511 Queen Anne Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98109

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Region: Queen Anne

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• Carole Lombard
• John Barrymore
• Howard Hawks
• Theater
• Stand-up Comedy

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There’s overacting and there’s over-Acting. John Barrymore provides the latter as a gloriously manic, egocentric Broadway producer in Howard Hawks’ priceless 1934 screwball comedy Twentieth Century. The pompous impresario creates a star (Carole Lombard) who becomes his lover, but his overwrought jealousy drives her to Hollywood. Two years later they meet on a train (the Twentieth Century line from Chicago to NYC), and comic pandemonium erupts. Peerless supporting players abet the insanity as Barrymore schemes to win her back. “We’re only real between curtains,” Lombard tells him, meaning those precious moments on stage. And in truth, neither is well equipped to walk among us mortals in the audience. A peerless comedienne during her short career, Lombard (1908-1942) was the pinup queen of the screwball era—swell looking, and smart with her mouth. Note free admission with same-day receipt from a local LQA business, or $5 without. (NR) BRIAN MILLER
Wed., Oct. 26, 6 p.m., 2011