Turner Classic Movies and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment introduce a new DVD line to the TCM Vault Collection, premiering with The Jean Arthur Comedy Collection. The Jean Arthur Comedy Collection presents four rarely-seen rediscoveries from her early years at Columbia, appearing for the first time on DVD, digitally restored and re-mastered. This comedy collection is a must have for all classic film lovers. (The Public Menace, 1935) A fast-paced crime comedy, The Public Menace teams Arthur as a manicurist with a brash newspaper reporter (George Murphy) who needs her help in solving the disappearance of a racketeer. (The Impatient Years, 1936) Jean Arthur is paired with Lee Bowman in the comedy-drama about wartime newlyweds and the complications that result from whirlwind romances. (Adventure In Manhattan, 1936) A breezy comedy-mystery featuring Joel McCrea as a renowned criminologist newspaper writer who boasts the ability to predict crimes before they happen. Jean Arthur plays an actress who puts one over on him. (More Than A Secretary, 1944) This romantic film depicts the complications that ensue when Arthur falls in love with her boss (George Brent) and competes with the office flirt for his affection.
DVD Details
>Rated: NR
>Runtime: 5 hours, 16 minutes
>Video: Black & White
>Encoding: Region 1(US & Canada)
>Originally Released: 1935, 1936, 1944
>Label: Turner Classic Movies
Starring: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, George Murphy, Douglass Dumbrille, Lee Bowman, Charles Coburn, Reginald Owen, George Brent, Ruth Donnelly
DVD Details
>Rated: NR
>Runtime: 5 hours, 16 minutes
>Video: Black & White
>Encoding: Region 1(US & Canada)
>Originally Released: 1935, 1936, 1944
>Label: Turner Classic Movies
Starring: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, George Murphy, Douglass Dumbrille, Lee Bowman, Charles Coburn, Reginald Owen, George Brent, Ruth Donnelly
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