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In this week's\xa0Jean Arthur Acteurist Oeuvre-view cast, we revisit Frank Capra's\xa0Mr. Deeds Goes to Town\xa0(1936) for thoughts old and (hopefully) new, and then look at two minor screwball comedy variations on genre films from 1936, the RKO murder mystery\xa0The Ex-Mrs. Bradford, co-starring William Powell, and a weird little riff on\xa0Mr. Deeds\xa0combined with a crime thriller,\xa0Adventure in Manhattan, co-starring Joel McCrea. Join us as we discuss Gary Cooper's complex performance and creepy sexlessnes and Arthur's wholesome lack of naivety and self-lovemaking in\xa0Mr. Deeds, a deeply romantically and politically confused movie, and the reasons why Arthur doesn't (and shouldn't) give screwball performances in her most famous roles.\xa0

Time Codes:

0h 1m 00s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936)\xa0[dir. Frank Capra]

0h 31m 59s:\xa0\xa0\xa0 THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD (1936) [dir. Stephen Roberts]

0h 41m 54s:\xa0\xa0\xa0 ADVENTURE IN MANHATTAN (1936) [dir. Edward Ludwig]

0h 56m 03s:\xa0\xa0\xa0 Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto \u2013 CELINE ET JULIE VONT EN BATEAU (1972)

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* 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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