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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.
- $845,710 or $500,000
- April 12, 1936
- Frank Capra
- Howard Jackson, (musical director)
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.
- Frank Capra
- 151
- 1 min
A classic comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. Longfellow Deeds, a simple Vermont farmer, inherits a fortune and faces the challenges of New York City and a scheming reporter.
- (421)
- Gary Cooper
- Frank Capra
- Comedy
Summaries. A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him. Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town and leads a small-town kind of life, including playing the tuba in the town band.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) was based on a book called Opera Hat, about a simple country boy named Longfellow Deeds who inherits $20 million and an opera house in New York. Deeds goes to the city to pick up his inheritance, only to be badgered by various sharks who all want a piece of the inheritance.
- Frank Capra, C. C. Coleman
- Gary Cooper
Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of the classic comedy film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. See the full list of actors, writers, and other crew members on IMDb.
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.
