Mr. Deeds Goes to Town – Movie Review. Starring: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft

MR DEEDS TO TOWN, 1936
Movie Reviews

Directed by Frank Capra
Starring: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft
Review by Aria Chiodo

SYNOPSIS:

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life – including playing the tuba in the town band. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow picks up his tuba and moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone from the greedy opera committee to the sensationist daily newspaper.

OSCAR Winner for Best Director (Capra)

Nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Cooper), Best Sound, Best Screenplay

REVIEW:

Capra’s Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) is primarily a romantic comedy; it followed his best known romantic comedy, It Happened One Night, and the forgotten Broadway Bill, both from 1934. But Mr. Deeds has more than romance and comedy— it’s an early example of Capra using these…