Jean Arthur Articles
Marlene Dietrich on TCM Pt.2: A FOREIGN AFFAIR, THE BLUE ANGEL, MANPOWER
Marlene Dietrich on TCM: SHANGHAI EXPRESS, THE SCARLET EMPRESS, THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN Raoul Walsh's unpretentious Manpower (1941) is a surprisingly entertaining drama about a love triangle featuring good-time gal Marlene Dietrich and unlikely partners Edward G. Robinson and George Raft. As an ex-Nazi chanteuse/black marketer (photo), Dietrich nearly steals the show in Billy Wilder's post-war Berlin-set A Foreign Affair (1948); I say nearly [...]
MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN Review Pt.2 – Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur
Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur in Frank Capra's Mr. Deeds Goes to Town MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN Review Part I The acting in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is top notch. Cooper is, well, Gary Cooper — mixing strength and vulnerability in perfect amounts. Apart from his Lou Gehrig in Sam Wood's The Pride of the Yankees (1942), Mr. Deeds may be his best role. [...]
MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN Review d: Frank Capra
MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936) Direction: Frank Capra Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Douglass Dumbrille, Lionel Stander, H. B. Warner, Ruth Donnelly, Raymond Walburn, Margaret Seddon, Margaret McWade Screenplay: Robert Riskin; from Clarence Budington Kelland "Opera Hat" Oscar Movies Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, Frank Capra By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: There is a tendency among some to think that all the art [...]
From Charles Farrell to Rock Hudson – Non-Nominated Actors: Biggest Oscar Snubs #8e
Paul Henreid, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Humphrey Bogart in Michael Curtiz's Oscar winner Casablanca (1943). Bogart and Rains were nominated for their performances in the film; Bergman was nominated for Sam Wood's For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henreid wasn't nominated for anything. Biggest Oscar Snubs #8d: Catherine O'Hara – FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION In addition to Audrey Hepburn, Cher, Eric Stoltz, Al Pacino, and Catherine O'Hara, [...]