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Jean Arthur: Directors
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[I]f you love Arthur, there are things to cherish in these condescending Capra films, especially the whole intense mid-section of Mr. Deeds, where her hardboiled reporter softens for Gary Cooper. That Arthur never seems truly tough to begin with in either this film or You Can’t Take It with You (1938) or Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) is something of a confidence trick for the director. But nothing can take away from Arthur’s poetic need to believe in something, or her detailed drunk scene in Mr. Smith, where she forlornly wonders if she should marry Thomas Mitchell. And in the big climaxes of these three movies, Arthur has a purity of intention, and an instinctive need to fight injustice, that feels personal and complete and does not need to be grouped with Capra’s intentions, whatever they might have been.
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Arthur would go on to become one of the reigning queens of the screwball comedy. Her apparent intelligence and wit, along with that frog-like voice, which could go from a low whisper to a war whoop in a matter of seconds, found Arthur a legion of fans. One of the people responsible for her rise to fame was director Frank Capra. Capra, who called Arthur his favorite actress,
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