Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
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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.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ |
| awardReceivedBy | Frank Capra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Opera Hat
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short story by Clarence Budington Kelland ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Joseph Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Frank Capra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Gene Havlick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| featuredInList |
AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers
NERFINISHED
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AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmLocation |
Mandrake Falls (fictional town)
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New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
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romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasRemake | Mr. Deeds ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Babe Bennett
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Longfellow Deeds ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | Passed (Production Code era) ⓘ |
| musicBy | Howard Jackson ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Actor
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Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of populism and social justice themes ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
clash with big-city corruption
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small-town man inheriting a fortune ⓘ |
| producer | Frank Capra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1936-04-12 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| remakeReleaseYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 115 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Robert Riskin ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Great Depression ⓘ |
| starring |
Douglass Dumbrille
NERFINISHED
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Gary Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ George Bancroft ⓘ H. B. Warner ⓘ Jean Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Stander ⓘ Ruth Donnelly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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