Historic Photo Gallery: 1921 to 1940
1933
In August 1933 the Walnut was taken over by a group of producers who operated it
as a pre-Broadway tryout house. The first season included film star Jean Arthur
in
The Curtain Rises. Called "the quintessential comedic leading lady"
by Turner Classic Movies, Arthur is best known as the heroine in three Frank Capra
films:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can't Take It With You, and
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. (Photograph courtesy of the Theatre Collection,
Free Library of Philadelphia.)
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