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Release Date: 2006-02-07, Audio CD

The first of director Frank Capra's independent productions (in partnership with Robert Riskin), Meet John Doe begins with the end of reporter Ann Mitchell's (Barbara Stanwyck) job. Fired as part of a downsizing move, she ends her last column with an imaginary letter written by "John Doe." Angered at the ill treatment of America's little people, the fabricated Doe announces that he's going to jump off City Hall on Christmas Eve. When the phony letter goes to press, it causes a public sensation. Seeking...

Crew: Art Director:Hans Dreier, Art Director:Roland Anderson, Cinematographer:Charles B. Lang, Composer (Music Score):Bernhard Kaun, Composer (Music Score):Herman Hand, Composer (Music Score):John Leipold, Composer (Music Score):John Leipold, Composer (Music Score):Paul Marquardt, Composer (Music Score):Ralph Rainger, Composer (Music Score):W. Franke Harling, Director:Frank Borzage, Screenwriter:Benjamin Glazer, Screenwriter:Oliver H.P. Garrett

John Willoughby (Gary Cooper), a hungry hobo, sells himself to a newspaper as the author of a fake letter written by fired reporter Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck). The letter represents the desperation of all "John Does" who struggle to eat, make a living and survive honestly in a world gone mad. The fake letter threatens suicide on Christmas Eve in protest against human indignities and social injustices.

Reporter Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) is fired from her job by an unscrupulous newspaper tycoon and retaliates by printing a fake suicide note to the editor signed by a fictional "John Doe." The letter is picked up by the public as a rallying point, as Mr. Doe claimed to be so distraught by the problems of society that he'd rather end his own life in protest. But the tycoon uses the publicity as part of a secret plan, hiring a down-on-his-luck unemployed man (Gary Cooper) to impersonate Doe--establishing...

The first of director Frank Capra's independent productions (in partnership with Robert Riskin), Meet John Doe begins with the end of reporter Ann Mitchell's (Barbara Stanwyck) job. Fired as part of a downsizing move, she ends her last column with an imaginary letter written by "John Doe." Angered at the ill treatment of America's little people, the fabricated Doe announces that he's going to jump off City Hall on Christmas Eve. When the phony letter goes to press, it causes a public sensation. Seeking...

The first of director Frank Capra's independent productions (in partnership with Robert Riskin), Meet John Doe begins with the end of reporter Ann Mitchell's (Barbara Stanwyck) job. Fired as part of a downsizing move, she ends her last column with an imaginary letter written by "John Doe." Angered at the ill treatment of America's little people, the fabricated Doe announces that he's going to jump off City Hall on Christmas Eve. When the phony letter goes to press, it causes a public sensation. Seeking...

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Meet John Doe is the Frank Capra movie that spoke most directly to the mood of the United States at the time that it was made. It's a fundamentally pessimistic film, without a positive resolution, and also an astonishingly mature movie -- virtually groundbreaking as a "message" movie aimed at a mainstream audience. Appearing in 1940, it closed out a decade that had been dominated by despair, disillusionment, dislocation (economic and personal), and desperation, a period characterized by a reliance...

This film offers a standing rebuke to critics who use the term "Capracorn". None of Capra's films are as blindly optimistic as is often argued, but this one is a pitch-black jeremiad against manipulation by the media. The mob scene at the "John Doe" convention is one of the powerful scenes ever filmed. Stanwyck is incredible as reporter Anne Mitchell. She is one of the great actresses of the century, and she always did her best work Capra, whose female characters are generally more compelling...

Size: Approx 14 x 36 Inches (36 cm x 91 cm). Condition: New. Item: DLM433519.

Add to Cart: 0 diggs digg it Product Details Model: V308 Shipping Weight: 174g Product Description Meet John Doe' DVD, Gary Cooper (1941), New & Sealed. Production Note: Director: Frank Capra Starring: Gary Cooper .... John Doe/Long John Willoughby Barbara Stanwyck .... Ann Mitchell Edward Arnold .... D. B. Norton Walter Brenna .... The Colonel Spring Byington .... Mrs. Mitchell James Gleason .... Henry Connell (managing editor,'The New Bulletin') Gene Lockhart .... Mayor Lovett...

Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan. An opportunistic reporter tries saving her career by inventing a story about an anonymous man who wants to commit suicide over the state of modern society. With reader fervor growing to know more about “John Doe,” she’s forced to produce a real man. 1941/b&w/123 min/NR/fullscreen.