Jean Arthur: Comedy Collection

Jean Arthur stars as a manicurist on an ocean liner who falls in love with a cocky reporter in hot pursuit of a notorious gangster on board, in the comedic crime caper "The Public Menace" (1935). George Murphy, Douglass Dumbrille, George McKay co-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) hired to put one over on him. The pair wind up trying to stop an art gallery heist perpetrated by Arthur's producer. With Reginald Owen, Thomas Mitchell. Jean plays a temp agency head who poses as a steno to keep a hot-headed health magazine publisher (George Brent) from driving away her workers, only to fall for her new "boss," in "More Than a Secretary" (1936). Lionel Stander, Ruth Donnelly co-star. And a soldier (Lee Bowman) and his new bride (Arthur) try to make their marriage work─despite only having known each other for a few days before he's shipped off to duty in World War II─in "The Impatient Years" (1944); with Charles Coburn, Edgar Buchanan. 5 1/4 hrs. total on four discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; photo gallery.