Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

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• Mr. Morrow - Adult (36-50), Senior (>50), Male

About this piece

Drunk Mr. Morrow is impressed by Mr. Deeds

Summary

When Martin W. Semple, a wealthy civic leader, dies in a car accident, everybody awaits to know who will be named the heir to his fortune. The closest relative turns out to be Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper), a young man from a small town who likes to write poetry and play the tuba in his town's band. As he moves to the big city to get his inheritance, he becomes the target of a lot of people interested in his money. They also think he is simple minded and that they can make fun of him, but it turns out he is not easily outwitted or manipulated. In this scene Longfellow is in a restaurant with Babe Bennet (Jean Arthur), a good looking reporter who poses as a damsel in distress to get close to him and write a story about him. As Deeds finds out there are some famous writers in the restaurant, he approaches them and he is invited to their table. However, he soon finds out the reason he was invited to the table is because they wanted to make fun of him. He gets angry and beats up two of them to the amusement of Mr. Morrow (walter Catlett), a successful writer who is also a drunk. As Deeds leaves, Mr. Morrow approaches him and tells him he asks him to hit him as well and that he has become his hero for beating up his friends....

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