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Screenshots. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) In director Frank Capra's famous Capra-corn romantic comedy: the startling opening of the death of civil leader, banker, and financier Martin W. Semple in Italy, due to a high-speed motor accident-crash off a bridge; the headlines declared: "Trustees of Semple Estate Declares Huge Fortune Close to ...
A joyously unadulterated hunk of Frank Capra-corn, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town was adapted by Robert Riskin from Clarence Buddington Kelland's short story "Opera Hat." In addition to the pleasure of watching the country bumpkin outwit city slickers, the movie is a film buff's dream, boasting one of the best character-actor casts ever assembled for a single film.
Jun 28, 2002 · Mr. Deeds: Directed by Steven Brill. With Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro, Allen Covert. A sweet-natured, small-town guy inherits a controlling stake in a media conglomerate and begins to do business his way.
- 2 min
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Synopsis. Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along.
- 115 min
“Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” is a portrait of Americana rendered in a thin watercolour of a narrative. But the soul of the creation itself — is powerfully divine. In a somewhat reductive narrative to the superior “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” director Frank Capra riffs on the concept of a displaced country boy in “Deeds.”
Deeds Goes to Town was no exception, and the film was a commercial and critical success upon its release, earning four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. Despite being over 80 years old, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town remains a charming and entertaining film that speaks to the timeless themes of wealth, power, and social class.
Arriving from Vermont to collect an inheritance and fight off the relatives, reporters, and con men who want to take advantage of him, Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper) unwittingly becomes involved with Babe Bennett (Jean Arthur), the New York City reporter who's secretly writing a series of sensational stories about his eccentric behavior. When Babe falls in love and confesses her real identity, Deeds is dismayed and decides to give his fortune to charity - prompting his attorney and greedy ...
