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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936 · 115 min · Director: Frank Capra ★ IMDb 7.8 · 25,339 ratings

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Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Empathy 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
20%Love
  1. Humor30%
  2. Love20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Empathy, Love. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Empathy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Empathy
  • Humor
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Empathy
Humor
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 68 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathyHumorSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor28 %5 %25 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor32 %8 %30 %1 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Humor36 %14 %34 %1 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Humor40 %18 %38 %4 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Humor44 %20 %41 %6 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Humor49 %29 %46 %11 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Humor53 %36 %49 %16 %
37.5 %≈ 43′Humor48 %35 %40 %16 %
42.5 %≈ 49′Love46 %38 %31 %19 %
47.5 %≈ 55′Empathy53 %41 %35 %21 %
52.5 %≈ 60′Humor57 %41 %36 %25 %
57.5 %≈ 66′Love65 %51 %24 %43 %
62.5 %≈ 72′Sadness72 %64 %11 %60 %
67.5 %≈ 78′Sadness75 %66 %8 %60 %
72.5 %≈ 83′Tension73 %60 %11 %45 %
77.5 %≈ 89′Tension66 %51 %20 %30 %
82.5 %≈ 95′Tension64 %50 %24 %26 %
87.5 %≈ 101′Tension68 %51 %31 %24 %
92.5 %≈ 106′Humor71 %49 %48 %15 %
97.5 %≈ 112′Empathy75 %52 %52 %12 %
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Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Lionel Stander

Cornelius Cobb

DD
Douglass Dumbrille

John Cedar

RW
Raymond Walburn

RD
Ruth Donnelly

RD
Ruth Donnelly

Mabel Dawson

SA
Stanley Andrews

James Cedar (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Frank (uncredited)

HB
Hank Bell

Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

Billy Bevan

Cabby (uncredited)

SC
Spencer Charters

Mal (uncredited)

DC
Dora Clement

Party Guest (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Strolling Violinist (uncredited)

GC
George Cooper

Bob (uncredited)

CC
Cecil Cunningham

(uncredited)

ED
Emma Dunn

Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Frank Capra
Written by
Robert Riskin
Type
Movies
Released
1936
Runtime
115 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.8 · 25,339 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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