Mr. deeds is funny fellow

Mr. deeds is funny fellow

meer mensen moeten longfellowmaxxen

meer mensen moeten longfellowmaxxen

gary cooper is so….well…kinda….tall

gary cooper is so….well…kinda….tall

Honestly I really enjoyed this a lot! I think it's a fine and swell film! The film touches on a lot of social commentary about the 1930s and combines romance and comedy and drama into one film. We see a man who is rather humble and from a small town just randomly inheriting a $20 million fortune. This seems insane but it's kinda ironic that this film was made in the great depression. Deeds finds himself in a world full of conniving and selfish people. He represents the last hope and goodness in this world. Whereas all the powerful and rich people are greedy and corrupt and wish to use him for his wealth. I think the whole romantic subplot between him and Babe Bennett was an interesting touch too. Because initially we see her as a selfish and cruel woman who ruins the life of Deeds as she writes cruel newspaper articles portraying him as a madcap man. But as the plot progresses, there's those quiet moments where the two fall for each other and have deep conversations. She redeems herself towards the end as she is truly in love with him and one of the rare people in his life willing to speak the truth. He finds himself stuck in a horrible world. There's a key scene that spoke to me in which a man who is upset with Deeds' actions and threatens to kill him, only that man stops. It speaks to how serious the great depression upended life for Americans. And that seeing these rich and famous people act cuckoo genuinely was heartbreaking to see while people were starving, unemployed and even at worse case scenarios dying. The rich in this film are demonised like in a lot of 1930s films, specially the screwball comedy genre. It's very interesting because it directly reflects the feelings that the audience had about the rich during this tumultuous era. Deeds wants to genuinely help the world, but the rich become a thorn in his backside. It speaks to how realistic this is, as they attempt to get his wealth passed onto another relative of the man who he inherited from, in order to benefit their own gains instead of the idea of Deeds giving the money to genuinely help people. It's such a warm hearted and truly sentimental story. The director Frank Capra truly directs some amazing classics. Gary Cooper is mesmerising as the lead and he keeps your attention on him the whole way through. Of course Jean Arthur is amazing too, the way her facial expressions change so easily, she can play selfish but sincere better than most!

Honestly I really enjoyed this a lot! I think it's a fine and swell film! The film touches on a lot of social commentary about the 1930s and combines romance and comedy and drama into one film. We see a man who is rather humble and from a small town just randomly inheriting a $20 million fortune. This seems insane but it's kinda ironic that this film was made in the great depression. Deeds finds himself in a world full of conniving and selfish people. He represents the last hope and goodness in this world. Whereas all the powerful and rich people are greedy and corrupt and wish to use him for his wealth. I think the whole romantic subplot between him and Babe Bennett was an interesting touch too. Because initially we see her as a selfish and cruel woman who ruins the life of Deeds as she writes cruel newspaper articles portraying him as a madcap man. But as the plot progresses, there's those quiet moments where the two fall for each other and have deep conversations. She redeems herself towards the end as she is truly in love with him and one of the rare people in his life willing to speak the truth. He finds himself stuck in a horrible world. There's a key scene that spoke to me in which a man who is upset with Deeds' actions and threatens to kill him, only that man stops. It speaks to how serious the great depression upended life for Americans. And that seeing these rich and famous people act cuckoo genuinely was heartbreaking to see while people were starving, unemployed and even at worse case scenarios dying. The rich in this film are demonised like in a lot of 1930s films, specially the screwball comedy genre. It's very interesting because it directly reflects the feelings that the audience had about the rich during this tumultuous era. Deeds wants to genuinely help the world, but the rich become a thorn in his backside. It speaks to how realistic this is, as they attempt to get his wealth passed onto another relative of the man who he inherited from, in order to benefit their own gains instead of the idea of Deeds giving the money to genuinely help people. It's such a warm hearted and truly sentimental story. The director Frank Capra truly directs some amazing classics. Gary Cooper is mesmerising as the lead and he keeps your attention on him the whole way through. Of course Jean Arthur is amazing too, the way her facial expressions change so easily, she can play selfish but sincere better than most!