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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is a 1936 American comedy-drama romance film directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur in her first featured role. Based on the 1935 short story "Opera Hat" by Clarence Budington Kelland, which appeared in serial form in The American Magazine, the screenplay was written by Robert Riskin in his fifth collaboration with Frank Capra.
A comedy drama romance film directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper as a simple-minded poet who inherits a fortune and moves to New York. He meets a reporter who pretends to be a damsel in distress and falls in love with him, but faces many challenges and enemies in the big city.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Frank Capra
- 1936-04-12
A classic comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. Read the plot summary, watch the trailer, and see the ratings and reviews from critics and audiences.
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- Gary Cooper
- Frank Capra
- Comedy
Longfellow Deeds lives a simple, quiet life in the small town of Mandrake Falls. He has never traveled, and he makes a living writing little ditties for greeting cards and the like. When his rich uncle dies, he learns that he has inherited $20 million. He moves to New York where everybody tries get something from him.
A 1936 comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. It tells the story of a small-town poet who inherits a fortune and faces the challenges of city life.
- Frank Capra, C. C. Coleman
- Gary Cooper
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, American romantic comedy film, released in 1936, that became one of director Frank Capra ’s most popular movies. It is noted for its populist theme and for the performances of Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. Longfellow Deeds (played by Cooper) is a country rube who, after inheriting a fortune from his uncle, moves to New ...
