Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | |
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Directed by | Frank Capra |
Screenplay by | Robert Riskin |
Based on | Opera Hat 1935 story in American Magazine by Clarence Budington Kelland |
Produced by | Frank Capra |
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Cinematography | Joseph Walker, a.s.c. |
Edited by | Gene Havlick |
Music by | Howard Jackson (musical director) |
Color process | Black and white |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Corporation |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $845,710 or $500,000[1] |
Box office | $2.5 million (rentals)[1] |
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is a 1936 American comedy-drama romance film directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur in her first featured role. Based on the 1935 short story "Opera Hat" by Clarence Budington Kelland, which appeared in serial form in The American Magazine, the screenplay was written by Robert Riskin in his fifth collaboration with Frank Capra.[2][3]