I think the director Frank Capra knew that he just didn't get it right back in 1936 with this particular story line so he jacked up his game a decade later in 1946, added a few more ingredients such as a Christmas themed picture with a charming angel and the ever popular Jimmy Stewart in the leading role and "BAM!" he had created the perfect humane interest story.
Mr. Deeds has Cooper playing a simple man who is currently single living a simple life in a small town when he inherits 20 million dollars from his uncle and the will is being probated in the big city of New York with a long line up of vultures and con artists who want that 20 million a lot more than Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper) ever expected or wanted to inherit this large fortune.
I did enjoy watching Mr. Deeds Goes To Town but it was missing that sincere human interest and the romance between Gary Cooper and the news reporter played by Jean Arthur was somewhat a forced romance.
It is worth a watch but I enjoyed Capra's later film in 1946 which was his Picasso of films, It's A Wonderful Life starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed.
I give it a 7 out of 10 IMDB rating.
Mr. Deeds has Cooper playing a simple man who is currently single living a simple life in a small town when he inherits 20 million dollars from his uncle and the will is being probated in the big city of New York with a long line up of vultures and con artists who want that 20 million a lot more than Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper) ever expected or wanted to inherit this large fortune.
I did enjoy watching Mr. Deeds Goes To Town but it was missing that sincere human interest and the romance between Gary Cooper and the news reporter played by Jean Arthur was somewhat a forced romance.
It is worth a watch but I enjoyed Capra's later film in 1946 which was his Picasso of films, It's A Wonderful Life starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed.
I give it a 7 out of 10 IMDB rating.