Where Does ‘Mr. Deeds Goes To Town’ Fit in the Frank Capra Pantheon?
Film Forum gives the picture pride of place as it celebrates the director in conjunction with the New York City premiere of Matthew Wells’s documentary, ‘Frank Capra: Mr. America.’
What New York City won’t do to a man. Take Longfellow Deeds of Mandrake Falls, Vermont. This habitue of small-town America has it pretty good: He writes poetry for a greeting card company, plays tuba in a marching band, and has a fondness for fire trucks. Mr. Deeds does pine for the company of a “lady in distress,” but, really, why rock the boat?
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