剧情

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. Written by Dan Navarro Oscar Jaffe is a sucessful Broadway director, Lily Garland one of his stars. But when she leaves his direction his sucess is gone. When he recognices abord the Twentieth Century, that she is on the same train, he tries to get her back for a new show. But this isn't that simole as he's thought. Written by Stephan Eichenberg