Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

 The Frank Capra classic "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town," made in 1936, still holds some charm. A small-town poet (Gary Cooper) inherits $20 million and everyone wants a piece of him, whether it's to con him out of his money or milk him for entertainment value, like newspaper woman Jean Arthur. Jean Arthur is a treasure and wonderful in everything. Cooper is great too, although his character acts like a bit of a jerk occasionally in the movie (I'm not sure that we're not supposed to think so). It might be a colored perception my part. read Patricia Neal's autobiography as a kid (she had appeared at a local festival at an abbey near where I grew up) and was pretty shocked by how caddishly he treated her, including hitting her . He must have had some charm though, because I seem to remember her carrying a torch for him for a while. He was a dish, let's be honest. Anyway, the movie seems a tad slow in parts, but I like how movies took their scenes more deliberately back then. 

The generosity of Deeds results in him being put on trial for incompetence and insanity, so you get the classic Capra tell-it-like-it-is scenes. One funny thing is the accusation that he is "pixilated." I had never heard anyone use it outside of saying that an image is not high-resolution enough. 

Idk man, I can see him fine.

Maybe a little pixilated