Bankrupt, with his career on a downslide, egomaniacal Broadway director Oscar Jaffe boards the Twentieth Century Limited and encounters Lily Garland, the chorus girl he transformed into a leading lady but who has now become a temperamental Hollywood star. He'll do anything to get her back under contract and back in his bed, but his former protege will have nothing to do with him. the action takes place on board the legendary Twentieth Century from Chicago to New York City where Oscar has 20 hours to persuade Lily to return to Broadway in his upcoming show.If he fails, it's the end of the line.
Added by Upcoming Robot on June 12, 2010