Jean Arthur TCM Schedule
Jean Arthur on Turner Classic Movies
Charles Coburn, Jean Arthur in The More the Merrier
Jean Arthur on TCM: Part I
Jean Arthur on TCM: Part II
Schedule: EST
Jan. 9
8:00 PM Silver Horde, The (1930)
An Alaskan fisherman is dogged by a ruthless competitor and an ambitious dance hall girl. Cast: Joel McCrea, Evelyn Brent, Jean Arthur. Dir: George Archainbaud. BW-75 mins.
9:30 PM Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
A hotshot reporter and a temperamental actress clash when he investigates the backer of her latest show. Cast: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Reginald Owen. Dir: Edward Ludwig. BW-73 mins.
11:00 PM More the Merrier, The (1943)
The World War II housing shortage brings three people together for an unlikely romance. Cast: Jean Arthur, Joel [...]
by Andre Soares | January 6, 2007
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Jean Arthur Month on TCM II
Jean Arthur on TCM: Part I
But I actually do like both You Can’t Take It with You and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington despite Frank Capra’s overbearingly idealistic mindset and the presence of James Stewart as Arthur’s romantic interest. Stewart — seemingly most everyone’s idea of the perfect all-American Average Man — is my idea of the perfectly phony All-Hollywood Actor. (In the photo, Stewart hugs Arthur while Lionel Barrymore plays the harmonica in the madcap You Can’t Take It with You.)
Jean Arthur, however, shines in both Capra films (even though her role in Mr. Smith is subordinate to Stewart’s), and in The Whole Town’s Talking, in which she initially feels superior to and then [...]
by Andre Soares | January 6, 2007
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Tags: Classic Movies, George Brent, George Stevens, Jean Arthur, More Than a Secretary, Shane, TCM, Too Many Husbands, Turner Classic Movies