Jean Arthur Comedy Collection On DVD

Actor:           Jean Arthur, George Murphy, Douglass Dumbrille, Joel McCrea, Reginald Owen
Director:      Edward Ludwig, Erle C. Kenton, Alfred E. Green, Irving Cummings                                                                                             
Genre:          Comedy
Year:             N/A
Studio:          TCM
Length:         316
Released:    11/19/2014
Rating:          Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:         DVD
Misc:              NTSC, Black & White
Language:    English
Subtitles  :    N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Jean Arthur stars as a manicurist on an ocean liner who falls in love with a cocky reporter who's come aboard in hot pursuit of a notorious gangster, in the comedic crime caper "The Public Menace" (1935). George Murphy, Douglass Dumbrille, George McKay also star. Next, it's an "Adventure in Manhattan" (1936) when a journalist (Joel McCrea) with a talent for predicting crimes gets involved with an actress (Arthur) who's been hired to put one over on him. But the pair is soon mixed up in trying to stop an art gallery heist perpetrated by Arthur's producer (Reginald Owen). With Thomas Mitchell, Victor Kilian. Arthur is "More Than a Secretary" (1936) in a delightful romantic romp about the unlikely attraction that develops between an administrative assistant and the sexist magazine mogul (George Brent) she works for. Lionel Stander co-stars. And, a soldier (Lee Bowman) and his young bride (Arthur) try to make their marriage work despite only having known each other for a few days before he was shipped off to fight in World War II, in "The Impatient Years" (1944). With Charles Coburn, Edgar Buchanan. 5 ¼ hrs. on four-discs. Fullscreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.