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Acteurist oeuvre-view Jean Arthur Part 4: THE DEFENSE RESTS (1934), THE PUBLIC MENACE (1935) & IF YOU COULD ONLY COOK (1935)

Published: Aug. 12, 2022, 5:46 a.m.

In this week's Acteurist Oeuvre-view\xa0episode, we look at 3 Jean Arthur movies:\xa0The Defense Rests\xa0(1934), an excellent corrupt\xa0lawyer drama that we were previously unable to find; and from 1935, two very different romantic comedies featuring real or pretend marriages of convenience,\xa0The Public Menace\xa0and\xa0If You Could Only Cook. The simultaneously idealistic and pragmatic young lawyer, screwball liar, and Depression comedy heroine she plays in each of these films respectively give us several aspects of Arthur's emerging screen persona to discuss in this last moment before she finds true fame.\xa0

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Time Codes:

0h 1m 00s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 THE DEFENSE RESTS (1934) [dir. Lambert Hillyer]

0h 35m 56s:\xa0\xa0\xa0 THE PUBLIC MENACE (1935) [dir. Erle C. Kenton]

0h 46m 09s:\xa0\xa0\xa0 IF YOU COULD ONLY COOK (1935) [dir. William A. Seiter]

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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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