Jean Arthur
Actor
- Whole Town's Talking, The (1935)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Arthur Hohl…
- Edward G. Robinson stars in a duel role as a meek office clerk who bares a resemblance to Public Enemy Number One. Entertaining mix of farce and…
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur
- Archetypal screwball comedy stars Gary Cooper as Mr. Deeds, a country hick who arrives in New York to collect a 20 million dollar inheritance, which…
- Plainsman, The (1936)
- Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur
- A brash, implausible Western from grand master DeMille: Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur run amok in a spectacle that wildly bastardizes the Old West and…
- Easy Living (1937)
- Dir. Mitchell Leisen
Feat. Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland…
- A breathless screwball comedy from the pen of Preston Sturges that almost rivals the writer–director's best work. Spunky Jean Arthur is the…
- You Can't Take It with You (1938)
- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. James Stewart, Jean Arthur
- Sentimental comedy from the James Stewart/Frank Capra camp, and something of a classic. Wealthy, straight–laced Jimmy falls for Jean Arthur,…
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. James Stewart, Jean Arthur
- Another brilliant comic parable from Frank Capra, in the wake of MR. DEEDS. The endearing Jimmy Stewart plays a young idealist who discovers the…
- Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth
- Quintessential Hawks fare in which men are men and women have to be equally tough. At a South American outpost, mail pilot Cary Grant becomes…
- Arizona (1940)
- Dir. Wesley Ruggles
Feat. Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William
- Epic frontier Western set in Tuscon, Arizona in early 1860's, where an independent, tough–as–nails pioneer woman aspires to be a cattle…
- Devil and Miss Jones, The (1941)
- Dir. Sam Wood
Feat. Charles Coburn, Jean Arthur
- Tycoon Charles Coburn goes undercover to investigate union activities, and instead falls for shopgirl Jean Arthur. Well–regarded social comedy.
- Talk of the Town, The (1942)
- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Cary Grant, Ronald Colman, Jean Arthur
- Vaguely radical factory–worker Cary Grant goes on the run after being framed for arson and manslaughter by a corrupt establishment, and hides…