Filmography Highlights
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Plainsman, The
1966- Rated:
- U
Writer Graham Greene, once a film critic, thought highly of this spectacular western not simply for DeMille's handling of the crowd scenes, the good, if familiar story and the quality of the central
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Shane
1953- Rated:
- U
A gunfighter tries to start a new life only to become involved in a brutal battle with local cattle barons in this classic western starring Alan Ladd
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A Foreign Affair
1948- Rated:
- TBC
Escaped Nazis, loose living, illegal after hours clubs - life in post-war Berlin is anything but straightforward. Human drama starring Marlene Dietrich and written and directed by Billy Wilder.
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More the Merrier, The
1943- Rated:
- TBC
The housing shortage in Washington DC during the Second World War might not be the most obvious source of material for comedy, but this winning screwball manages to find plenty. Arthur is brilliant a
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Talk of the Town, The
1942- Rated:
- U
Effective, if peculiar, mixture of screwball comedy and political moralising, in which union man Leopold Dilg (Grant) is jailed for an arson attack on a woollen mill, escapes and seeks refuge with th
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The Devil And Miss Jones
1941- Rated:
- U
Shop girl Jean Arthur shows mean capitalist Charles Coburn the error of his ways in this heart-warming, Capra-esque comedy. Also starring Robert Cummings
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Only Angels Have Wings
1939- Rated:
- U
The camaraderie between a hard-bitten team of pilots, led by Cary Grant, is threatened when beautiful Jean Arthur enters their lives. Based on a story by aviator-turned-filmmaker Howard Hawks
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Mr Smith Goes to Washington
1939- Rated:
- TBC
James Stewart is the idealistic senator who sets about single-handedly reforming a corrupt White House in one of Frank Capra's finest films
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Mr Deeds Goes to Town
1939- Rated:
- TBC
A Capra delight, in which Cooper gets to do comedy as the title character, a simple small-town tuba player who turns philanthropist when he inherits a fortune. He moves to the city and becomes a targ
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You Can't Take It with You
1938- Rated:
- U
A family of eccentrics take on a wealthy tycoon when love strikes their respective daughter and son. Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur star with Frank Capra directing
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Easy Living
1937- Rated:
- TBC
Sparkling bit of comedy that works on almost every level. With a good ol' pie-chucking fight, some zinging one-liners (courtesy of writer Preston Sturges), slapstick set-pieces and a touch of social
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The Whole Town's Talking
1935- Rated:
- TBC
A case of mistaken identity means there's a double helping of Edward G Robinson in John Ford's excellent comedy gangster flick. Co-starring Jean Arthur
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If You Could Only Cook
1935- Rated:
- TBC
Depression era screwball comedy about two strangers who pretend to be husband and wife to apply for a job that specifies a couple. Jean Arthur and Herbert Marshall star
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