SUNDAY CLASSICS SERIES
This month’s screening is co-presented by Making Community Happen
Longfellow Deeds is a man of free will and few needs – a poet from the fictional small town of Mandrake Falls, Vermont who makes his living writing greeting cards and plays the tuba in the town band. When he suddenly inherits a massive fortune from a deceased uncle, Deeds is whisked away to another life altogether and surrounded by a cadre of folks who all hope to make a little something off of his sudden windfall. Clear-eyed Deeds proves hard to fool and, though he doesn’t have any use for the money himself, he commits to give it away to those he sees struggling around him.
Approved | USA | 1936 | 1h 55m
Directed by Frank Capra
Starring Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur
1937 Academy Award – Best Director (Frank Capra)
“Mr. Deeds is Capra’s best film and that means it is a comedy quite unmatched on the screen.”
– Graham Greene, The Spectator
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Making Community Happen (MCH) is an independent, non-profit community service organization whose mission is to empower individuals—primarily older adults and people with disabilities — to maintain independent, active lives by providing access to affordable housing, Meals on Wheels and other supportive services.
The MCH service area includes the entire community of Knox County, located in Midcoast Maine.
