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Jean Arthur: Peter Pan
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In 1950, Arthur played Peter Pan on Broadway and won critical acclaim for her performances. She completed her last movie, Shane, in 1953. She starred in her own television show in 1966 which did not last beyond the season. Her last role was in the play The First Sunday in October (1975) with Henry Fonda, although she quickly gave up the role. She continued to receive film offers during the 1970s but was never tempted to work in films or stage again. Her film career... had spanned three decades and produced over seventy films.
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Arthur did score a major triumph on Broadway in 1950, starring in a stage revival of Peter Pan playing the Eternal Boy when she was almost 50. She tackled the role of her namesake, Joan of Arc, in a 1954 stage production of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, but she left the play after a nervous breakdown and battles with director Harold Clurman.
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[T]hen, of course, there is Arthur's voice, one of the most distinct in all filmdom. Here's another stab at its fairy essence: Betty Boop as voiced by Eleanor Roosevelt. A sharp, grating voice on the LP to Peter Pan. A voice miscast perhaps, but as with Arthur's disarming turn in Howard Hawks' Only Angels Have Wings, when she cries "I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm free-dom!" as Peter Pan, her surrender to the role is absolute. Out of the estimated 90 films Arthur made, only 10 or so are available on video, with maybe another 10 in the AMC/TCM film library.
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