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In our second Jean Arthur Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode, Arthur moves into her A-picture period at Columbia with John Ford's curious comedy/crime melodrama,\xa0The Whole Town's Talking, starring Edward G. Robinson in a dual role, and Erle C. Kenton's\xa0Children's Hour-reminiscent\xa0Party Wire. While we see more of the familiar Arthur comedy persona emerge in\xa0The Whole Town's Talking, she gets to show off her quiet moral authority and perspicacity in\xa0Party Wire, playing a woman who becomes the victim of town gossip. We make the case for Party Wire as a small-town satire worthy of standing alongside Stevens'\xa0Alice Adams, Sturges'\xa0The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, and Billy Wilder's\xa0Kiss Me, Stupid, and find more evidence for the secret feminism of Harry Cohn.\xa0

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Time Codes:

0h 01m 00s:\xa0 THE WHOLE TOWN\u2019S TALKING (1935) [dir. John Ford]

0h 25m 41s: PARTY WIRE (1935) [dir. Erle C. Kenton]

0h 55m 31s:\xa0 Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto - THE RED DETACHMENT OF WOMEN (1961) [dir. Xie Jin]\xa0

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* Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project \u2013 a discussion of Late Spring

* Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s

* Intro Song: \u201cSunday\u201d by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of\xa0The Internet Archive)

* Read Elise\u2019s piece on Gangs of New York \u2013 \u201cMaking America Strange Again\u201d

* Check out Dave\u2019s Robert Benchley blog \u2013 an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist\u2019s 2000+ pieces as he can locate \u2013 Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!\xa0

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