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1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 2. Shane 3. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 4. Only Angels Have Wings 5. The More The Merrier 6. You Can’t Take it With You 7. Easy Living 8. The Talk of the Town 9 The Devil and Miss Jones 10. History is Made at Night 11. A Foreign Affair 12. The Whole Town’s Talk read more

For this month's Silver Scenes bus tour, Al is going to take us past the home of one of the sweetest actresses in Hollywood. Take it away, Al!  512 N Beverly Dr "Welcome back to the bus, everybody. I hope you have had a good stretch of the legs, for we're off to the far corners of Beverly H read more

For this month's Silver Scenes bus tour, Al is going to take us past the home of one of the sweetest actresses in Hollywood. Take it away, Al! 512 N Beverly Dr "Welcome back to the bus, everybody. I hope you have had a good stretch of the legs, for we're off to the far corners of Beverly Hills t read more

For this month's Silver Scenes bus tour, Al is going to take us past the home of one of the sweetest actresses in Hollywood. Take it away, Al! 512 N Beverly Dr "Welcome back to the bus, everybody. I hope you have had a good stretch of the legs, for we're off to the far corners of Beverly Hills t read more

For this month's Silver Scenes bus tour, Al is going to take us past the home of one of the sweetest actresses in Hollywood. Take it away, Al! 512 N Beverly Dr "Welcome back to the bus, everybody. I hope you have had a good stretch of the legs, for we're off to the far corners of Beverly Hills t read more

Jean Arthur and Rita Hayworth share a birthday and a film: Both Jean Arthur and Rita Hayworth starred in Only Angels Have Wings — and both were born today October 17 (18 years apart!). Rita Hayworth as Judy MacPherson (left) and Jean Arthur as Bonnie Lee (right) opposite Cary Grant as read more

I think Jean Arthur is just great. She’s always smart, cute, funny, and stubborn. She manages to be attractive without playing a prostitute (Jean Harlow in Red Dust is what I’m thinking of), and she manages to keep up with the man without becoming, how shall I say this, mannish (His Girl Friday). read more

Jean Arthur (October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991). Was discovered by Fox Film Studios while she was doing commercial modeling in New York City in the early 1920's, Arthur landed a one-year contract and debuted in the silent film, Cameo Kirby (1923), directed by John Ford. It was Ford's first read more

Another month means two more inductees for my Hall of Fame.This month it is Jean Arthur and Errol Flynn. Both get in thanks to their Montie wins. Both from the same year of 1938. Jean won as Best Actress for You Can't Take It With You, a marvelous performance by the way. And Errol won Best Actor as read more

  Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Jean Arthur, born October 17, 1900. How do you do it, Jean Arthur? How do make comedy look so effortless? This is what I think every time I watch a Jean Arthur movie. Dubbed by film historian Robert Osborne as “the quintessential comedic leading lady,” read more

FunFact: Was a leading contender for the coveted role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939). read more

(1977 comment on Gary Cooper) "I loved working with Gary Cooper. Gary was my favorite. He was so terrific-looking, and so easy to work with." read more

So I usually list the essential films of the classic movie goddess for each and every month. The problem I ran into with Jean is that she did so many wonderful films and I didn't know what to include. So instead of the essential films you have to see, I decided to post my favorite Jean films. And l read more

Here are some facts and trivia about Jean, provided by IMDB. Wore her natural brunette hair color throughout the silent film portion of her career, then began bleaching her hair blonde shortly after she started making talkies. Department of Strange Coincidences: Jean Arthur's former spouse, read more

Jean Arthur, was discovered by Fox Film Studios while doing commercial modeling in New York City in the early 1920s. Arthur, debuted in the silent film, Cameo Kirby (1923). A story about a man named Cameo Kirby (Gilbert), who was wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall. Cameo Kirby, read more

Here are some personal quotes by my classic movie goddess for the month..Jean Arthur: Why yes this is Jean...you want some quotes from me? It's a strenuous job every day of your life to live up to the way you look on the screen. I guess I became an actress because I didn't want to be myse read more

A new month means a new classic movie goddess. And it's Jean Arthur. And here is my favorite things that I love about her. 1. One of my favorite screwball comediennes. She starred in some of the best of the screwball genre like Easy Living (1937), The Devil and Miss Jones (1941), The More The M read more

Monty has asked me to welcome the wonderful Jean Arthur as next month's Classic Movie Goddess. So here I am. First let me say I had a wonderful time for my turn this month and that Monty did a pretty good job. Now let's everyone give a big classic Hollywood style welcome to Miss Jean Arthur. read more

This is the daffy story of a hard working girl named Mary (the always fresh and engaging Jean Arthur), who has a sable coat thrown on her from a window of a rich man named J.B. Ball (Edward Arnold) who is fed up with his free spending family. Directed by Mitchell Leisen from a screenplay by Pres read more

“I guess I became an actress because I didn’t want to be myself.” ~ Jean Arthur “If people don’t like your work, all the still pictures in the world can’t help you and nothing written about you, even oceans of it, will make you popular.” ~ Jean Arthur read more