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Frank Capra's "Meet John Doe" Corinth Films presenting ; screen play by Robert Riskin ; directed by Frank Capra
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Presnell, Robert, 1894-1969, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Meet John Doe (Motion picture)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Impersonation--Drama.
- Impersonation.
- Journalists--Drama.
- Journalists.
- Newspaper publishing--Drama.
- Newspaper publishing.
- Genre:
- Comedy films
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Film adaptations
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (122 min., 20 sec.)) sound, black and white
- Other Title:
- Meet John Doe
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] Grasshopper Film [2024?]
- Language Note:
- In English
- System Details:
- sound
- digital
- video file
- Summary:
- Desperate to get her newspaper job back after being downsized, columnist Ann Mitchell 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 City Hall roof at midnight on Christmas Eve. Public reaction to the letter is so overwhelming that Ann not only keeps her job, but she and editor connive to hire a real John Doe in order to maintain the deception
- Participant:
- Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan
- Credits:
- Director of photography, George Barnes ; film editor, Daniel Mandell ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin
- Notes:
- "Based on a story by Richard Connell and Robert Presnell"
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1941
- Description based on online resource; title and statement of responsibility from title screen and end credits (viewed 2024 October 28)
- OCLC:
- 1464815730
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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