A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 7 nominations total
Stanley Andrews
- James Cedar
- (uncredited)
Frank Austin
- George Rankin
- (uncredited)
John W. Austin
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
- Frank
- (uncredited)
Louise Bates
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Bobbie Beal
- Chorine
- (uncredited)
Hank Bell
- Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom
- (uncredited)
Billy Bevan
- Cabby
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThis movie marks the entry of the verb doodle (in the sense of absent-minded scribbling) into the English language. The word was coined for the movie by screenwriter Robert Riskin.
- GoofsWhen Mr. Deeds is playing the tuba, the acting is out of synchronization with the sound.
- Quotes
Longfellow Deeds: People here are funny. They work so hard at living they forget how to live.
- Crazy creditsWinthrop Oliver Warner (a studio musician) actually played the tuba for the film.
- ConnectionsEdited into High Hopes: The Capra Years (1981)
- SoundtracksFor He's a Jolly Good Fellow
(uncredited)
Traditional
In the score during the opening credits and often throughout the film
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Tuba player inherits fortune and becomes a Cinderella Man and gets pixiliated in Manhattan!
One of Frank Capra's strengths as a film director was the great team he assembled. Not only did he have a great technical group behind him, but his casts combined talent that went from the major stars to the bit players.
In this fable, Mr. Capra gives an answer to those of us that always pondered: what would one do if one inherited a lot of money, or if one won the lottery (fat chance!) It must be terrifying to suddenly have a lot of wealth, in this case 20 million during the worst days of the Great Depression. Sometimes it's better to stay poor rather than have to deal with strangers that have designs on one's newly found wealth!
Gary Cooper has never been as charming as the tuba playing, country bumpkin whose life is changed dramatically when he has to go to Manhattan to claim his inheritance. His Longfellow Deeds gets to see first hand how the high society, his uncle belonged to, deals with this unsophisticated greeting card writing poet.
Jean Arthur was a natural comedienne. She is wonderful in this movie as the reporter who tricks Deeds into speaking with her and in the process falls in love with the man, the object of the ridicule she writes about.
Leonard Standing, one of the best character actors of the era, is equally effective as Cobb, the man who knows a thing or two about those society folks. George Bancroft was also good as MacWade.
The film has a pace that never lets the viewer down. In comparison with what passes today as film comedy, this is a masterpiece. It shows the genius of Frank Capra in charge of this group of people that make us treasure films like this one even if it's pure nonsense, which after all, was what the director was looking for to make us laugh.
In this fable, Mr. Capra gives an answer to those of us that always pondered: what would one do if one inherited a lot of money, or if one won the lottery (fat chance!) It must be terrifying to suddenly have a lot of wealth, in this case 20 million during the worst days of the Great Depression. Sometimes it's better to stay poor rather than have to deal with strangers that have designs on one's newly found wealth!
Gary Cooper has never been as charming as the tuba playing, country bumpkin whose life is changed dramatically when he has to go to Manhattan to claim his inheritance. His Longfellow Deeds gets to see first hand how the high society, his uncle belonged to, deals with this unsophisticated greeting card writing poet.
Jean Arthur was a natural comedienne. She is wonderful in this movie as the reporter who tricks Deeds into speaking with her and in the process falls in love with the man, the object of the ridicule she writes about.
Leonard Standing, one of the best character actors of the era, is equally effective as Cobb, the man who knows a thing or two about those society folks. George Bancroft was also good as MacWade.
The film has a pace that never lets the viewer down. In comparison with what passes today as film comedy, this is a masterpiece. It shows the genius of Frank Capra in charge of this group of people that make us treasure films like this one even if it's pure nonsense, which after all, was what the director was looking for to make us laugh.
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- Aug 3, 2004
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Mister Deeds - Milijonar dobrotnik
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- Budget
- $800,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $8,362
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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