Frank
Capra's Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
(1936/Columbia/Sony Blu-ray)
Picture:
B Sound: B Extras: B Film: B
Frank
Capra's classic 1936 film Mr.
Deeds Goes To Town
(as known as Opera
Hat
and A
Gentlemen Goes to Town)
lands on Blu-ray disc in this highly collectible edition from Sony
that boasts a new remastered presentation, many cool extras that film
historians and cinephiles will want to check out. The film stars
Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, H.B. Warner, and Ruth Donnelly to name a
few. It's no mystery to today's audience that the film was horribly
reimagined by Adam Sandler some years ago. I would say to put that
film out of your mind when watching this one.
Longfellow
Deeds (Cooper) lives in a small town, leading a small town tuba
playing kind of life and not bothered by the complexity of big city
living. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow
picks up his tuba and moves to the big city where everybody and their
brother (including a newspaper) tries to get a piece of his fortune.
Smarter than most, Mr. Deeds stays on top until he meets a gorgeous
reporter named Babe Bennett (Arthur) who finds her way into his heart
and his wallet.
The
film looks pretty sharp on Blu-ray for the most part with a full
restored and 4K remastered 1080p high definition transfer and a black
and white 1.33:1 full frame presentation. The thing that slightly
bugged me when watching were the high levels of noticeable grain
throughout (which I know is a trait of old film, but some of the
materials may be down a generation) at some darker scenes - it was
more noticeable than others. The sound is mixed in a lossless
English Mono DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) track in various languages that
sounds as good as the film ever has with little complaints in that
department. If this is a favorite film of yours, then I would
suggest upgrading to this release for a superior presentation
overall.
Extras
include...
Feature
Length Audio Commentary by Frank Capra Jr.
Frank
Capra Jr. Remembers Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Vintage
Advertising Gallery
Original
Theatrical Trailer
Digibook
Packaging with linear notes
A
nice release of a classic, I would suggest this film to fans of old
films and black and white romantic adventures.
-
James Lockhart
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