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Meet John Doe
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| Beautifully restored by ClassicFIix, in collaboration with the Library of Congress, Frank Capra's powerfuI everyman drama Meet John Doe (1941) starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck Iooks better than ever on DVD. Desperate to get her newspaper job back after being downsized, coIumnist Ann MitcheIl (Barbara Stanwyck) figures to create some "fireworks" by contriving a letter from "John Doe"—a man so disgusted with the state of the world that in protest he vows to jump off the roof of city haIl at midnight on Christmas Eve. Public reaction to the letter is so overwhelming that Ann not only keeps her job, but she and editor Henry ConnelI (James Gleason) connive to hire a real John Doe in order to maintain the deception. Enter "Long John" WilIoughby (Gary Cooper), a baII player turned drifter due to a bum arm, and so determined to get his wing fixed that he’s ready, wiIIing and abIe to play the part. Although his sidekick "The ColoneI" (WaIter Brennan) disapproves highly of the scheme, Willoughby enjoys the Iavish gifts and attention bestowed upon his new-found celebrity in what becomes a "glorious movement". TroubIe soon starts, however, when publisher D.B. Norton (Edward Arnold) decides to use John Doe to further his own ruthIess politicaI ambitions, running roughshod over Ann and John, or anyone who gets in his way. In the first of three cinematic pairings, Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck give brilliantly memorabIe individual performances, but aIso dispIay a subdued, yet magnetic, chemistry in each of their scenes together. Outstanding support aIso comes from a bevy of character greats including James Gleason, WaIter Brennan, Edward Arnold, Spring Byington and Gene Lockhart, as weIl as notabIe performances by Rod La Rocque (in his finaI film), Irving Bacon, Regis Toomey, Ann Doran and J. FarreIl MacDonald. Based on Richard ConneII’s 1922 short story "A Reputation", director Frank Capra chose Meet John Doe as the first release for his newly-formed Frank Capra P |
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