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Which actors played the central couple in Twentieth Century?
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Howard Hawks
Howard Hawks (right) directing (from left to right) John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson in Rio Bravo (1959).
In the 1934 film Twentieth Century, directed by Howard Hawks, the central couple was played by Carole Lombard and John Barrymore.1