Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

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film romantic comedy film

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is a 1936 American romantic comedy film about a small-town man who inherits a fortune and clashes with big-city corruption, directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur.

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town canonical 10
"Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
awardReceivedBy Frank Capra ⓘ
basedOn Opera Hat ⓘ
short story by Clarence Budington Kelland ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy Joseph Walker ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Frank Capra ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical film ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Gene Havlick ⓘ
era Classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ
featuredInList AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers ⓘ
AFI list of 100 funniest American movies ⓘ
surface form: AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs
filmLocation Mandrake Falls (fictional town) ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
genre comedy-drama ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
hasRemake Mr. Deeds ⓘ
mainCharacter Babe Bennett ⓘ
Longfellow Deeds ⓘ
motionPictureRating Passed (Production Code era) ⓘ
musicBy Howard Jackson ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story

Academy Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay
notableFor depiction of populism and social justice themes ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays clash with big-city corruption ⓘ
small-town man inheriting a fortune ⓘ
producer Frank Capra ⓘ
productionCompany Columbia Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1936-04-12 ⓘ
releaseYear 1936 ⓘ
remakeReleaseYear 2002 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 115 ⓘ
screenwriter Robert Riskin ⓘ
setInPeriod Great Depression ⓘ
starring Douglass Dumbrille ⓘ
Gary Cooper ⓘ
George Bancroft ⓘ
H. B. Warner ⓘ
Jean Arthur ⓘ
Lionel Stander ⓘ
Ruth Donnelly ⓘ

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Frank Capra → notableWork → Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ⓘ
Frank Capra → directed → Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ⓘ
Robert Riskin → notableWork → Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ⓘ
Gary Cooper → notableWork → Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ⓘ
Francesco → notableWork → Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ⓘ
subject surface form: Francesco Rosario Capra
Riskin → notableWork → Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ⓘ
subject surface form: Robert Riskin
Douglass Dumbrille → notableWork → Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"
Douglass Dumbrille → appearedIn → Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"
Joseph Walker → notableWork → Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ⓘ
Mr. Deeds → basedOn → Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ⓘ
9th Academy Awards → bestDirectorFilm → Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ⓘ
Walter Catlett → notableWork → Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ⓘ