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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
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Release Date:
12 April 1936 (USA)
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Tagline:
Rocking America with laughter!
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Longfellow Deeds, a simple-hearted Vermont tuba player, inherits a fortune and has to contend with opportunist city slickers. full summary | add synopsis
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Tuba
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Small Town
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Reporter
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Tuba Player
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Won Oscar.
Another 3 wins
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5 nominations
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(4 articles)
For Independence Day, Ten Movies That Scream America
(From Huffington Post. 1 July 2009, 8:16 AM, PDT)
Character Actor Charles Lane Dies at 102
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 11 July 2007)
(From Huffington Post. 1 July 2009, 8:16 AM, PDT)
Character Actor Charles Lane Dies at 102
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 11 July 2007)
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A Pure Heart and Strong Morals Are the True Keys to Happiness.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Gary Cooper | ... | Longfellow Deeds |
 | Jean Arthur | ... | Babe Bennett |
 | George Bancroft | ... | MacWade |
| Lionel Stander | ... | Cornelius Cobb |
| Douglass Dumbrille | ... | John Cedar |
| Raymond Walburn | ... | Walter |
| H.B. Warner | ... | Judge May |
| Ruth Donnelly | ... | Mabel Dawson |
| Walter Catlett | ... | Morrow |
| John Wray | ... | Farmer |
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115 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
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Continuity: On the way out in the rain, Deeds closes the gate twice.
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[to Walter, as he interrupts Mr. Deeds' tuba playing]
Longfellow Deeds: The evil finger's on you!
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Longfellow Deeds: The evil finger's on you!
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Featured in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000) (TV)
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For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
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Frank Capra (Oscar-winning for directing) created one of the earlier Hollywood masterpieces with "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town". The film follows a good-hearted small-town Vermont man (Oscar-nominee Gary Cooper) who inherits a fortune from a relative he never knew. Now he must go to New York and take over his late uncle's estate, but he must also contend with a whole host of opportunistic bigwigs who want to take advantage of Cooper's kindness. Cooper is not as slow-witted as he appears though as he seems to outsmart all those around him. When reporter Jean Arthur comes along, Cooper falls hard for her and lets his guard down and forgetting himself, he may lose a part of himself that is priceless. Frank Capra dominated the 1930s and 1940s with life-affirming productions that were just simple human stories that would always strike emotional nerves for the audience. "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" is no exception. The remake should cause many to check this one out. This one stands up much higher than Adam Sandler's under-achiever. 5 stars out of 5.