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Name: You Can't Take It With You / Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Genre: Comedy,Romance

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, 1938, Columbia, 126 min. Dir. Frank Capra. An eccentric, strangely happy family lives in a rambling house amidst urban re-development. The cast includes Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and Ann Miller. MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN, 1936, Columbia, 115 min. Dir. Frank Capra. When rural poet Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper at his most engaging) inherits a fortune, he moves to the big city and uses his newfound wealth to benefit his fellow man -- much to the chagrin of various corporate and political interests. Jean Arthur is the jaded, cynical reporter whose idealism is re-awakened by Deeds. Capra combines an awareness of man’s capacity for corruption with an optimistic belief in the possibility of positive change, making this a political comedy that’s angry and inspiring in equal measures.

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What is You Can't Take It With You / Mr. Deeds Goes to Town about?: YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, 1938, Columbia, 126 min. Dir. Frank Capra. An eccentric, strangely happy family lives in a rambling house amidst urban re-development. The cast includes Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and Ann Miller.
MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN, 1936, Columbia, 115 min. Dir. Frank Capra. When rural poet Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper at his most engaging) inherits a fortune, he moves to the big city and uses his newfound wealth to benefit his fellow man -- much to the chagrin of various corporate and political interests. Jean Arthur is the jaded, cynical reporter whose idealism is re-awakened by Deeds. Capra combines an awareness of man’s capacity for corruption with an optimistic belief in the possibility of positive change, making this a political comedy that’s angry and inspiring in equal measures.