2 Movies Starring Roscoe Karns

It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1934-02-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (57714 Reviews)

Director:

Frank Capra

Cast:

Writer:

Robert Riskin (screen play)

Samuel Hopkins Adams (based on the short story by)

Fullplot:

Ellie Andrews has just tied the knot with society aviator King Westley when she is whisked away to her father's yacht and out of King's clutches. Ellie jumps ship and eventually winds up on a bus headed back to her husband. Reluctantly she must accept the help of out-of- work reporter Peter Warne. Actually, Warne doesn't give her any choice: either she sticks with him until he gets her back to her husband, or he'll blow the whistle on Ellie to her father. Either way, Peter gets what (he thinks!) he wants .... a really juicy newspaper story.

Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1934-05-11

Languages:

English, German

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (4331 Reviews)

Director:

Howard Hawks

Cast:

Writer:

Charles Bruce Millholland (play)

Ben Hecht (screenplay)

Charles MacArthur (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Broadway director Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore) is a bigger ham than most actors, but through sheer drive and talent he is able to build a successful career. When one of his discoveries, Lily Garland (Carole Lombard), rises to stardom and heeds the call of Hollywood, Oscar begins a career slide. He hits the skids and seems on his way out, until he chances to meet Lily again, on a train ride aboard the Twentieth Century Limited. Oscar pulls out all the stops to re-sign his former star, but it's a battle... because Lily, who is as temperamental as Oscar is, wants to have nothing to do with her former mentor.

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