Eve Golden Quote

Her first really great role, the one that cemented the Jean Arthur character, was as the wisecracking big-city reporter who eventually melts for country rube Gary Cooper in Frank Capra’s Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936). It was the first of three terrific films for Capra: Jean played the down-to-earth daughter of an annoyingly wacky family in Capra’s rendition of Kaufman and Hart’s You Can’t Take It With You (1938), and she was another hard-boiled city gal won over by a starry-eyed yokel in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). Jean Arthur is my favorite actress, said Capra, who had successfully worked with Stanwyck, Colbert and Hepburn. . . . push that neurotic girl . . . in front of the camera . . . and that whining mop would magically blossom into a warm, lovely, poised and confident actress. Capra obviously recognized that Jean was often frustrated in her career choice.

Eve Golden

Her first really great role, the one that cemented the Jean Arthur character, was as the wisecracking big-city reporter who eventually melts for country rube Gary Cooper in Frank Capra’s Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936). It was the first of three terrific films for Capra: Jean played the down-to-earth daughter of an annoyingly wacky family in Capra’s rendition of Kaufman and Hart’s You Can’t Take It With You (1938), and she was another hard-boiled city gal won over by a starry-eyed yokel in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). Jean Arthur is my favorite actress, said Capra, who had successfully worked with Stanwyck, Colbert and Hepburn. . . . push that neurotic girl . . . in front of the camera . . . and that whining mop would magically blossom into a warm, lovely, poised and confident actress. Capra obviously recognized that Jean was often frustrated in her career choice.

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About Eve Golden

Eve Golden is a biographer whose work focuses on American silent film, theater and early twentieth century actresses. She was born and raised near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.