Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

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
Starring	Gary Cooper Jean Arthur George Bancroft Lionel Stander Douglass Dumbrille H.B. Warner
Cinematography	Joseph Walker, a.s.c.
Edited by	Gene Havlick
Music by	Howard Jackson (musical director)
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Columbia Pictures Corp. of Calif. LTD.
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures Corporation
Release date	April 12, 1936 (1936-04-12)
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]