Mr. Deeds
When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds. From TMDB
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60 of 119 · most liked firstGood morning, Bluesky. Last night, I showed my daughter a film from 1987, which I realize would be equivalent to someone showing me Mr. Deeds Goes to Town when I was 15. (And, yes, I absolutely loved “Deeds” when I was a teenager and think “pixilated” needs to make a comeback.)
unlabelledView post →This week's last 4 Shakespeare in Love (1998) St. Ives (1976) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) The Unborn (1991) #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #lastfourwatched #filmsky
unlabelledView post →(Mr. Deeds Goes to Town was the Established Classic Capra I hadn't seen before this watch-through, and honestly, it's a movie about how getting a financial windfall might prove annoying if you just wanted to hang out in your small town and compose doggerel and play your tuba.)
unlabelledView post →Gary Cooper, 📽 royalty BOTD 5/7/1901. "Until I came along all leading men were handsome, but luckily they wrote a bunch of stories about the fellow next door." Oscar nods: 36 Mr Deeds Goes to Town 41 Sergeant York (w) 42 Pride of the Yankees 43 For Whom the Bell Tolls 52 High Noon (w) #filmsky
unlabelledView post →Speaking of pixels, as we Wordle folk were yesterday: On the left is Gary Cooper, who in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is accused of being pixilated, a term (derived from pixie) the film popularized but did not originate. On the right is the Mona Lisa, pixelated. 1/
unlabelledView post →To clarify: they were filming Mr. Deeds in Danbury, CT when I got married the first time and the crew was in same hotel as us the same weekend. But we didn’t see any of the stars. Anyway. That weird-ass movie is tied to both of my marriages.
unlabelledView post →Filmmaking icon Frank Capra, BOTD 5/18/1897. Heart, humor & idealism. Timeless, enduring classics. So good! Oscar nods: 33 Lady for a Day 34 It Happened One Night (w) 36 Mr Deeds Goes to Town (w) 38 You Can't Take it With You (w) 39 Mr Smith Goes to Washington 46 It's a Wonderful Life #filmsky 📽
unlabelledView post →One movie a day for 365 days. 110/365: Mr Deeds Goes to Town. It's the first and the best Capra did on the little men, the John Does who try to change the world with their naivete, sense of justice, rustic charm and deep individuality. Coop is to die for. Arthur is pixilated too.
unlabelledView post →Frank Capra's 91-year-old film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is about greedy dickheads trying to criminalize kindness and individuality kinda like the sociopaths in power right now.
unlabelledView post →Okay but why is 'Mr. Deeds" so good? Like Sandler has always had a major hit/miss ratio, and while he has several more iconic films, I'd argue 'Mr. Deeds' is his BEST film. Its so wholesome and good.
unlabelledView post →Quote this with a performance that stole a film: John Turturro in Mr. Deeds
unlabelledView post →It should also be noted that the original's box office taking was a bit more impressive considering the competition. On its first weekend, it was the second highest grossing film right under the Steven Spielberg film, Minority Report and fell to third against the Sandler comedy Mr. Deeds.
unlabelledView post →#HoroscopeSongs #MusicChallenge Day 14: your generosity will come back to you tenfold. Rush - Cinderella Man. I was today years old when I found out this song is based on the movie Mr Deeds Goes To Town. youtu.be/MrvPLbuHInM?...
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936). Director: Frank Capra. Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur. On a good day, I can almost forget that Sandler defiled this Capra charmer with a "remake." Well, I'll stick with Cooper as Longfellow Deeds! #filmsky 📽
unlabelledView post →Gary Cooper in "Mr Deeds Goes to Town:" so handsome, so sexy, so heartbreaking. Sigh. I had forgotten how old this movie is -- he was so young. #TCMParty
unlabelledView post →OCD compels me to spreadsheet. Combined the greatest-films-of-all-time lists. Presenting the top 1,461 as a daily countdown to the end of the Trump Administration. #Film #Resist #MovieSky #Movies #1,303 -- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) dir. Frank Capra
unlabelledView post →Mr. Deeds is actually a good movie, a 🧵...1/x
unlabelledView post →Wife's home from a birthday party, so it's time for movie #2 tonight! The next randomly selected movie is... Never seen this! Mr. Deeds, 2002
unlabelledView post →#HolidayMovieTVChallenge #DecemberMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky 12 : holiday cards L'extravagant Mr. Deeds Dans lequel Gary Cooper incarne un jeune homme qui écrit des vers pour les cartes de voeux
unlabelledView post →Tonight on TCM #TCM MR DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936) This Frank Capra film is a witty and warm-hearted Depression-era fable about a small-town poet (Gary Cooper) whose decency and common sense upend the cynical world of big-city greed. Screenplay by the great Robert Riskin. Recommended.🎥
unlabelledView post →To quote the movie Mr Deeds… Very, very sneaky… Cookie approves!
unlabelledView post →In the movie "Y2K", set on New Years Eve 1999, a video store has VHS copies of "Mr. Deeds" and "Anger Management." Now I know how people who get distracted by anachronistic music cues feel.
unlabelledView post →This article sums up the 5-part series in which I review Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Meet John Doe (1941), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1934), and American Madness (1932) as dedications of love and crticism of our American society, put to film by a true patriot. open.substack.com/pub/vaughnjo...
unlabelledView post →#MayMovieChallenge #Moviesky 5/10 Icy conditions in a movie aargh that foot! 😣🙈 can't forget it Mr. Deeds (2002 remake)
unlabelledView post →he also has a weird extended cameo in the Adam Sandler movie Mr. Deeds iirc
unlabelledView post →LIVE NOW on Twitch! movie starts in 30 minutes MR DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936) A small-town poet has to deal with the corruption of city life after inheriting a fortune from his recently deceased uncle. twitch.tv/itshoneylive
unlabelledView post →HOLY SHIT Someone on my flight is watching Mr Deeds with Sandler!! On purpose!! I saw it on a date once and it’s the most forgettable movie I won’t ever forget
unlabelledView post →The modern meaning of the word “doodle,” or to aimlessly draw, was first popularized in the 1935 Frank Capra classic film, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, starring Gary Cooper, who was described in the final legal trial scene as a “doodler.”
unlabelledView post →MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936) A Frank Capra follow-up to IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT Capra won the Oscar for this too Cooper in top form as a card poet who becomes rich A nice gateway into Capra. Idealism in the face of corruption. Good gags A film that champions your inner freak!
unlabelledView post →Watching Mr. Deeds and realizing this was how I was made aware of “Space Oddity” for the first time as an 11/12 year old. tbh quite a funny film so far
unlabelledView post →Tonight on TCM #TCM MR DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936) The quintessential Frank Capra film. With Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. Essential viewing. 🎥
unlabelledView post →I know critics ripped into Winona’s performance (she was actually nominated for a Razzie for this), but I still think she’s one of the best things about the film. Her comedic timing is on point and she had a warm onscreen rapport with Sandler. What can I say? I’m a big MR. DEEDS fan 🤩
unlabelledView post →I remember seeing a movie poster for the Sandler MR. DEEDS in the cinema and my friend insisting that this movie was a direct sequel to BIG DADDY
unlabelledView post →This is a fun way to get to know each other. 20 days, 20 of your favorite movie actors and their best movies. Day 18: Gary Cooper. Best roles: Sgt. York, High Noon, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Meet John Doe #filmsky #movies
unlabelledView post →Mr. Deeds is the best Adam Sandler movie
unlabelledView post →Mr. Deeds was released in movie theaters 24 years ago today. John Turturro is so damn funny in this movie. He's just so sneaky, sneaky. youtu.be/Tlfd0Y0SjgA #Movies #Cinema #Filmsky
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) via Philo. via OldiesTV | PS: Looking for work. jephmann.com/movies/film....
unlabelledView post →"BADASS SONG @drginnymac.bsky.social Might Like" & other young ppl may not be familiar w/. Here's Mungo Jerry & "In The Summertime" 1 of my all-time faves. In several movie soundtracks like "Drowning Mona" & "Mr. Deeds". www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQ... @scottietakeson.bsky.social JOKE TIME! next...
unlabelledView post →Happy 90th birthday anniversary to Gone with the Wind book My Man Godfery Film Mr Deeds Go to Town film Benny Goodman: The Glory of love Fred Asarine: The Way you Look Tonight# Sweet Home Chicago Song Summertime song Hoover Dam completion
unlabelledView post →A movie ranking system about films where the main character inherits a bunch of money called Maslow's Hierarchy of Mr. Deeds
unlabelledView post →The live action scooby doo movie and Mr. Deeds for 50+ times. Closest I have to 6 times post 2015 is the twilight series
unlabelledView post →Last Night's movie was "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" from 1936 in which a small-town man suddenly inherits $20M and moves to New York where everybody wants a piece of him. when he decides to give it away to destitute farmers he is hauled off to court for insanity www.imdb.com/title/tt0027...
unlabelledView post →Jean Arthur and Gary Cooper on a spree in MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936) today at my Another Old Movie Blog - anotheroldmovieblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/mr-d...
unlabelledView post →@mitchygallo.bsky.social @jonstill.bsky.social Regarding "Happy Gilmore 2", I agree with Mitch. If you go in with low expectations, then you will more than likely enjoy the film. My favorite Sandler films: Mr Deeds Billy Madison Happy Gilmore Uncut Gems 50 First Dates
unlabelledView post →The only real misstep in the film Mr. Deeds is expecting us to buy Peter Gallagher as the villain. Sandy Cohen is a dedicated husband, father, friend, and a consummate champion of the underdog
unlabelledView post →Mr. Deeds (2002) is on AMC while Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) is on TCM. I chose TCM despite the muffled sound on the old film. Shout out to Closed Cations! #TCMParty
unlabelledView post →I heart Mr Deeds so much. This is the movie that catapulted Gary Cooper into the position of my Classic Film Boyfriend. #MrDeedsGoesToTown #TCMParty
unlabelledView post →7 May 1885 – 1969 George "Gabby" Hayes, 83, US vaudevillian, actor. Film debut 1929: Hop-Along Cassidy films (1935) * Mr. Deeds Goes to Town * The Plainsman * The Arizona Kid (Roy Rogers + Trigger) * Dark Command * Tall in the Saddle * Trail Street * Return of the Bad Men * The Cariboo Trail (1950)
unlabelledView post →Like I just naturally assumed he was all nostalgia market stuff and like one prestige film every 10 years or so but zoomers fuckin love Mr. Deeds
unlabelledView post →I rewatched Mr. Deeds today: letterboxd.com/syrsly/film/... Now, I think I'll rewatch Happy Gilmore.
unlabelledView post →I wonder if the castanets is a reference to this scene from Mr Deeds: youtu.be/Zf9Aw1qNxOk?...
unlabelledView post →Great review -- I've love this film and its homage to cinematic history. Also need to mention one of its most clear inspirations: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town -- with the fast-talking, cynical reporter first manipulating, and then falling for the earnest and naive provincial.
unlabelledView post →the Sandler Mr. Deeds isn't a good movie, but the bit where Winona Ryder discovers Westchestertonfieldsville is a real place exactly like the fiction she invented slays me every time I remember it
unlabelledView post →My lifelong crush on Winona Ryder is another core piece to my Mr. Deeds admiration. A great Winona movie. She's neat. Showed us all that shoplifting is cool. And it totally is. I support it. I don't shoplift only because if I get in any trouble with the law Willow will be deported.
unlabelledView post →📽️ The awful ad placements in the Sandler movie I just saw, "Mr Deeds", reminded me that no one does ads in movies quite like Michael Bay and the Bud Light one is actually great in how silly it is coupled with Bay's visual style.
unlabelledView post →My favorite movie in this genre is Mr. Deeds.
unlabelledView post →Happy 24th Anniversary To Both Hey Arnold The Movie And Mr. Deeds That Were Both First Released On This Date June 28th 2002 In Theaters
unlabelledView post →Wasn't the NAACP getting a shit ton of money a joke from that Adam Sandler movie "Mr. Deeds" ?
unlabelledView post →Mr. Deeds (2002) — Taming Adam Sandler #adamsandler #2000smovies #romcom
unlabelledView post →*CLASSIC* Mr. Deeds (DVD, Full Screen Special Edition, 2002) Release Year: 2002 Fun Fact: This film is a modern remake of the 1936 classic Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, bringing old Hollywood charm into a new generation of comedy fans.
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