1936 · comedy · drama · romance
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Directed by Frank Capra1h 55m1936
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.
Our read: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) (1936) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded comedy · drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- redemptive
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