Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Directed by Frank Capra. 115 mins (1936)
Gary Cooper – Longfellow Deeds
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. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
Also starring Babe Bennett, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander and Douglass Dumbrille
Based on Clarence Budington Kelland’s short story “Opera Hat”, a simple-hearted tuba playing greeting card poet is thrust into a world of city slickers, phonies and embezzlers… and the wily reporter who gains his trust….
Nominated for 7 Oscars, winning one for Best Director.