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Send us a textIn this episode, Victoria Riskin, daughter of Oscar-winning writer Robert Riskin and Fay Wray, and award-winning writer-producer Steven C. Smith reveal the impact of director Frank Capra and his friend and collaborator writer Robert Riskin on the early success of Columbia Pictures.  We also discuss two audio commentaries they provided for inclusion in the recently released FRANK CAPRA AT COLUMBIA COLLECTION, featuring 20 films in HD, plus nine films in 4K, plus tons of extras, all on 27 discs. Purchase links:  FRANK CAPRA AT COLUMBIA COLLECTIONFay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood MemoirMusic by Max Steiner: The Epic Life of Hollywood's Most Influential ComposerPrepare to embark on an enlightening journey through the legacy of Frank Capra at Columbia Pictures. Learn how Capra's immigrant background and early hardships shaped his storytelling genius, contributing to Columbia's rise as a powerhouse in the film industry. From tackling the transition to sound films to creating financially and culturally significant works, Capra's journey illustrates the power of determination and creativity. Through engaging anecdotes and insights, Steven and Victoria reveal how Capra's collaborations with Robert Riskin gave birth to classics like "It Happened One Night," demonstrating the strength of their partnership despite differing political ideologies during a tumultuous era.Join our conversation as we celebrate the enduring messages of integrity and community values in films like "American Madness" and "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town." The fascinating history of "American Madness" unfolds, highlighting its timely relevance during the Great Depression and its innovative technical directing. Meanwhile, "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" captures the triumph of the common man, with Gary Cooper's memorable performance and the film's seamless blend of comedy and drama. Through personal anecdotes and reflections, Steven and Victoria underscore the significance of these films, inviting listeners to appreciate the artistry and dedication behind Hollywood's most beloved classics. The Extras Facebook pageThe Extras Twitter Warner Archive & Warner Bros Catalog GroupOtaku Media produces podcasts, behind-the-scenes extras, and media that connect creatives with their fans and businesses with their consumers. Contact us today to see how we can work together to achieve your goals. www.otakumedia.tv

EPISODE 63 - “NOT EVEN NOMINATED: A DISCUSSION ABOUT CLASSIC CINEMA WITH AUTHOR JOHN DILEO” - 11/25/2024 Author JOHN DILEO, film historian and author, has just published his eighth book, Not Even Nominated: 40 Overlooked Costars of Oscar-Winning Performances. This week, John joins Steve and Nan to discuss his book, as well as his origin story on how he got hooked on classic cinema. Join us for the fun, lively discussion about old Hollywood. And make sure you check out John's book.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: 100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember — But Probably Don't (2002), by John DiLeo: Not Even Nominated: 40 Overlooked Costars of Oscar-Winning Performances (2024), by John DiLeo; TCM.com; Wikipedia.com; IMDBPro.com; Movies Mentioned:  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931); Fredric March & Miriam Hopkins; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), starring Gary Cooper & Jean Arthur; The More the Merrier (1943), starring Jean Arthur , Joel McCrea, and Charles Coburn; The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), starring Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright, Harold Russell, Cathy O'Donnell, Virginia Mayo, and Steve Cochran; Miracle On 34th Street (1947), starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwynn, and Natalie Wood; The Treasure of The Sierra Madre (1948), starring Humphrey Bogart & Walter Huston; All About Eve (1950), starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Gary Merrill, Celeste Holm, George Sanders, Thelma Ritter, and Marilyn Monroe; Ace In the Hole (1951), Starring Kirk Douglas & Jan Sterling; Strangers on a Train (1951), starring Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, & Pat Hitchcock; Mr. Blanding Builds His Dream House (1948), starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, & Melvyn Douglas; Rope (1948), starring James Stewart, Farley Granger & John Dahl; They Live By Night (1948), starring Farley Granger & Cathy O'Donnell; From Here To Eternity (1953), starring Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift, Donna Reed, & Frank Sinatra; The Bandwagon (1953), Fred Astaire & Cyd Charisse; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), starring Howard Keel, Jane Powell, & Russ Tamblyn; Elmer Gantry (1960), starring Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, & Shirley Jones; Judgement at Nuremberg (1961), starring Spencer Tracy, Maximilian Schell, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich, Montgomery Clift, Richard Widmark, & Jusy Garland; To Kill A Mockingbird (1962), starring Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Philip Allford, Brock Peters; Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1963);, starring Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, & Victor Bueno; Mary Poppins (1964), starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke & David Tomlinson; The Trouble With Angels (1966); starring Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, Mary Wickes & Binnie Barnes; The Graduate (1967), starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, and Katharine Ross; Wiat Until Dark (1968), starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efram Zimberlist, Jr. & Jack Weston; That's Entertainment (1974); The Devil's Rain (1975), starring Ida Lupino, William Shatner, Ernest Borgnine, Tom Skerritt, Eddie Albert, Keenan Wynn, Joan Prather & John Travolta; That's Entertainment II (1976); Ordinary People (1980), starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsh, & Elizabeth McGovern; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not to be confused with the 1936 Frank Capra movie "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" or the 1939 Frank Capra movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", this 2002 Adam Sandler comedy is one of the many Sandler movies that dominated the early 2000's comedy film industry. Winona Ryder, who is on a bit of a popular decline, practices her comedy chops and keeps up with the hilarious slap stick humor this movie thrives on.

When Laura and Steele travel to the small California village of De Nada to investigate the disappearance of a historian, they get the feeling the whole town is hiding something from them.Discussion of the Remington Steele episode 'Small Town Steele'. Hosted by Eric Alton-Glenn Hilliard and Sara McNeil.Send your comments to SteeleWatching@Yahoo.comWebsitesOfficial Steele Watching PodCast websiteSteele Watching PodCast on TwitterSteele Watching PodCast on FacebookSteele Watching PodCast on InstagramSteele Watchers Group on FacebookPurchase movies/television shows/books mentioned in this episode from Amazon.It's A Wonderful Life (Amazon Canada / Amazon USA)Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Amazon Canada / Amazon USA)Bad Day At Black Rock (Amazon Canada / Amazon USA)In the Heat of the Night (Amazon Canada / Amazon USA)Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showPlease consider helping support the show. Make a monthly donation (starting as low as $3/month, with access to watch a live stream as we record episodes as our thank you) Purchase Steele Watching Swag

This episode we're talking about reefer (madness), so you don't want no part of this shit! No shorts this time so we get right into it with the aforementioned anti-drug "movie", Humphrey Bogart making a big splash, Fritz Lang turning his critical eye towards the USA, Frank Capra's feel-goodery, a nightmarish look into the future, and Charlie Chaplin's final film as The Tramp! All of that and more! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1936 Films Discussed playlist right here! Our Feature Presentation! Reefer Madness/Tell Your Children The Petrified Forest Fury Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Modern Times Things to Come   See you next year!

What happens when Falk gets stuck in a screwball comedy? Can Falk weed out the humans from the androids? Do androids dream of His Girl Friday? Listen to find out!Do Androids Dream of His Girl Friday? , episode 98 of This Gun in My Hand, was manufactured not by the Tyrell Corporation but by Rob Northrup, using dialogue from the 1940 public domain film His Girl Friday, which was adapted from the 1928 public domain play The Front Page. The part of Walter Burns was played by Cary Grant, with Rosalind Russell as Hildy Johnson and Ralph Bellamy as Bruce Baldwin. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. How do I survive a screwball comedy? With This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. The 1940 film His Girl Friday was adapted from a 1928 stage play titled The Front Page, both in the public domain. Dialogue in this episode was taken from His Girl Friday. (Link below.) It's excellent but has (CONTENT WARNING) the kind of racism and sexism you might expect in a 1940 film. There's also a one hour Lux Radio Theater adaptation starring Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert; a Screen Guild Theater radio adaptation starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell squeezed down into a half hour; and an even more offensive, grittier 1970 film of The Front Page starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. And there's a 1931 film version of The Front Page which I have yet to watch.https://archive.org/details/his_girl_fridayCredits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), with transitional music from His Girl Friday (1940) and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), all films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.The two women saying “pixielated” were from the Campbell Playhouse radio adaptation of “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town,” broadcast February 11, 1940, public domain. Sound Effect Title: bustle in the pubLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/Sound Effect Title: teletype_medium_speed.wavBy stratcat322License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/stratcat322/sounds/169259/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a promotional photo by A. L. Schafer for the 1940 film His Girl Friday showing Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell and Ralph Bellamy sitting next to each other. Superimposed over Ralph Bellamy's face is the robot from The Phantom Creeps (1939) from another promotional photo (photographer unknown).

Legend has it that when Jean Arthur walked out of Columbia Studios for the very last time, she shouted "I'm free! I'm free!" If it didn't happen that way, well, Jean had her own habit of stretching the truth so The Old Movie Lady thinks it's okay. She was the unusual character with the quirky voice who became a star in her mid-thirties (shhh!) and appeared in a string of classics like Mr Deeds Goes to Town, The Devil and Miss Jones, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, The More the Merrier. and You Can't Take It With You. But how did she get there, and what lead to Jean's ecstatic departure from Harry Cohn's studio? Find out that and more, in this special episode of OML, this is Close Up: Jean Arthur. This episode contains (mild) language that may be inappropriate for some listeners. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mr. Deeds has inherited a fortune, but his small town values don't mesh with living in the big city and those trying to take advantage of his new found wealth. Join Invasion of the Remake as we get "sneaky sneaky" and compare the Gary Cooper comedy classic Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) to the Adam Sandler remake Mr. Deeds (2002).  Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Tune In Radio, PodChaser, Amazon Music, Audible, Libsyn, iHeartRadio and all the best podcast providers. Spread the love! Like, share and subscribe! You can also help out the show with a positive review and a 5-star rating over on iTunes / Apple Podcasts. We want to hear from you and your opinions will help shape the future of the show. Your ratings and reviews also help others find the show. Their "earballs" will thank you. https://invasionoftheremake.wixsite.com/podcast Follow us on Twitter: @InvasionRemake Like and share us on Facebook, Instagram & Tik-Tok: Invasion of the Remake Email us your questions, suggestions, corrections, challenges and comments: invasionoftheremake@gmail.com Buy a cool t-shirt, PPE masks and other Invasion of the Remake swag at our TeePublic Store!

We're wrapping up 1936 and covering the winners from our 14 movie tournament this week (10 nominees, plus 4 additional films (!!!)) The nominees were: Anthony Adverse; Dodsworth; The Great Ziegfeld; Libeled Lady; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town; Romeo and Juliet; The Story of Louis Pasteur; A Tale of Two Cities; Three Smart Girls; and San Francisco. The additional films we considered were: After the Thin Man, Modern Times, My Man Godfrey, and Swing Time.Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.Timestamps are approximate: 2:35 - After the Thin Man7:35 - Three Smart Girls14:25 - Libeled Lady22:50 - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town32:40 - A Tale of Two Cities45:55 - The Story of Louis Pasteur56:20 - Modern Times1:07:45 - Conclusions1:07:50 - Did the Oscars Get it Wrong?1:10:00 - Top 5 Films1:12:00 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner (+ important Ronald Colman moustache information)1:16:10 - Patterns1:25:05 - Next Time

We're back in the 30's with 10 nominees, so we're doing another bracket! In this episode will be taking the 10 nominees, plus 4 additional films (!!!) and deciding on the winners and losers from Round 1. We'll discuss the films that were eliminated. The nominees were: Anthony Adverse; Dodsworth; The Great Ziegfeld; Libeled Lady; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town; Romeo and Juliet; The Story of Louis Pasteur; A Tale of Two Cities; Three Smart Girls; and San Francisco. The additional films we considered were: After the Thin Man, Modern Times, My Man Godfrey, and Swing Time.Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.Timestamps are approximate: 7:25 - BracketLosers Discussion19:40 - Anthony Adverse vs. After the Thin Man Loser Discussion30:50 - Modern Times vs. Romeo and Juliet Loser Discussion34:10 - My Man Godfrey vs. Three Smart Girls Loser Discussion42:00 - Swing Time vs. Libeled Lady Loser Discussion49:50 - A Tale of Two Cities vs. Dodsworth Loser Discussion59:40 - San Francisco vs. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Loser Discussion 1:12:45 - The Story of Louis Pasteur vs. The Great Ziegfeld Loser Discussion1:25:50 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst1:27:20 - Next Time

Welcome to the Vintage Classic Radio's "Sunday Night Playhouse"! This week, we transport you back to the golden age of radio with our riveting radio play titled "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town," originally broadcast on February 1st, 1937. Reprising his iconic role from the renowned Frank Capra directed film, the talented Gary Cooper leads an exceptional cast, delivering a captivating performance that will sweep you off your feet. In this heartwarming episode, we follow the journey of Mr. Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper), a small-town poet and tuba player who unexpectedly inherits a vast fortune. Leaving behind his tranquil life, Deeds ventures to the bustling city where he encounters a world vastly different from his own. As he grapples with the complexities of wealth and power, he becomes entangled in a web of deceit and manipulation. Cooper's portrayal of Deeds' innocence and genuine nature shines through as he navigates through a society filled with greed and pretension. The extraordinary ensemble cast brings this tale to life, capturing the essence of each character with finesse and skill. Joining Gary Cooper are: Jean Arthur as Babe Bennett, a witty and insightful reporter who discovers the real story behind Deeds' transformation; Lionel Stander as Cornelius Cobb, Deeds' loyal and lovable valet; Douglass Dumbrille as John Cedar, a conniving lawyer with a hidden agenda; Raymond Walburn as Walter Dawson, the shrewd executor of Deeds' inheritance; and H.B. Warner as Judge May. Tune in to Vintage Classic Radio's "Sunday Night Playhouse" as we transport you back to 1937, with "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town." Immerse yourself in the charisma of Gary Cooper and the remarkable cast as they unravel a tale of humor, romance, and the timeless struggle between authenticity and artifice. Don't miss this chance to relive the magic of classic radio and witness a masterful performance that continues to captivate audiences across generations.

Nothing New: A Remake Podcast (Twitter | Instagram) is hosted by Andrew Linde (Twitter | Instagram) and Justin Quizon (Twitter | Instagram). Join our Patreon at just $1 a month to gain access to the bonus feed for episodes like this month's on I'll Do Anything (1994)! 00:02:29 - Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936) Available on: YouTube (Stream) 00:55:19 - Mr. Deeds (2002) Available on: YouTube (Rent/Buy)

Lux Radio Theater - Master Deeds Goes To Town

Choice Classic Radio presents The Campbell Playhouse, which aired from 1938 to 1940 on CBS Radio. Today we bring to you the episode titled “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.” Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Gary Cooper's daughter, Maria Cooper Janis, as this Sunday marks the 70th anniversary of her father winning the Best Actor Oscar for his role as Marshal Will Kane in the classic western “High Noon." They discuss her father's most famous roles, including “Morocco," "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town,” “Meet John Doe,” “Sergeant York,” “The Pride of the Yankees” and of course “High Noon.” (Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion") Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Gary Cooper's daughter, Maria Cooper Janis, as this Sunday marks the 70th anniversary of her father winning the Best Actor Oscar for his role as Marshal Will Kane in the classic western “High Noon." They discuss her father's most famous roles, including “Morocco," "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town,” “Meet John Doe,” “Sergeant York,” “The Pride of the Yankees” and of course “High Noon.” (Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion") Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest episode of YKY it's a Hollywood Golden age classic, so you know that means it was John's pick. His pick is the 1936 Frank Capra classic, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. Starring the great Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur and Lionel Stander (Max on Hart to Hart). It's the story of Longfellow Deeds from Mandrake Falls who inherits 20 million dollars. It's Frank Capra so you know it's small town America VS the big city machine. Who do you think will win. That's why they call it "Capra Corn" and a classic.

Welcome to the first episode of season five of the Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe podcast, where the theme is Reboots, Remakes, and Re-dos. It's a brand new frontier we are hoping to conquer this season and we;re learning on the fly. Strap yourselves in and come along for the ride as we not only debate whether or not these films have a place in our shared cinematic universe but also determine the best way to measure an Adam Sandler remake against its original counterpart.To kick things off with our gross frostbitten foot we examine “Mr. Deeds” the remake of Frank Capra's 1936 classic “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.” Can an Adam Sandler film that owes so much of its structure to another film from cinematic history find a place amongst our star charts?  You'll have to listen to find out. Comments can be directed to AdamSandlerCinematicUniverse@gmail.com and don't forget to follow us on Twitter @TheASCU

Lux Radio Theatre, sometimes spelled Lux Radio Theater, a classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–35) (owned by the National Broadcasting Company, later predecessor of American Broadcasting Company [ABC] in 1943–1945); CBS Radio network (Columbia Broadcasting System) (1935–54), and NBC Radio (1954–55). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences. The series became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued on television as the Lux Video Theatre through most of the 1950s. The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand. Listen to our radio station Old Time Radio https://link.radioking.com/otradio Listen to other Shows at My Classic Radio https://www.myclassicradio.net/Podcast Service I Recommend https://redcircleinc.grsm.io/entertainmentradio7148 Remember that times have changed, and some shows might not reflect the standards of today's politically correct society. The shows do not necessarily reflect the views, standards, or beliefs of Entertainment Radio

This week on Extra Film, Ryan and Jay continue their Frank Capra Movie Series with Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and they also discuss the Danish entry for Best International Film in Holy Spider! - Review: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (4:10) - Review: Holy Spider (42:17) Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud or TuneIn Radio! Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/insession-film-podcast/id605634337 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LIi40D5BTFnsRMP57O5nG IHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-insession-film-podcast-30916083/ Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbnNlc3Npb25maWxtLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz?ep=14 Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/insession-film-podcast-195831 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/insession-film Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/insession-film TuneIn Radio: http://tunein.com/radio/The-InSession-Film-Podcast-p522717/ Listen Now: http://insessionfilm.com/listen-now/

THE GRAND(-ish) DEBUT OF "MAN'S FAVORITE PODCAST?" the double feature: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) // Mr. Deeds (2002) welcome to the first episode of our brand-new podcast!!! your hosts cam and kate cover two comedy films a week with some sort of connection... this week we have a remake and an original; perhaps a too-obvious link, but the interest lies in the myriad differences between a frank capra production and a happy madison one... kate's slap-happy giggles, cam's boiling-hot takes, and a few alvin and the chipmunks shoutouts abound! we may be new to this but we know how to have fun ;) be sure to leave us a like, rating, subscribe, all that good stuff, and go follow us on twitter: podcast - @MansFavoritePod cam - @Top5LCJFan kate - @50firstkates (more socials coming soon! but if you want you can try kate's instagram! no guarantees though...)

In this week's Jean Arthur Acteurist Oeuvre-view cast, we revisit Frank Capra's Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) for thoughts old and (hopefully) new, and then look at two minor screwball comedy variations on genre films from 1936, the RKO murder mystery The Ex-Mrs. Bradford, co-starring William Powell, and a weird little riff on Mr. Deeds combined with a crime thriller, Adventure in Manhattan, co-starring Joel McCrea. Join us as we discuss Gary Cooper's complex performance and creepy sexlessnes and Arthur's wholesome lack of naivety and self-lovemaking in Mr. Deeds, a deeply romantically and politically confused movie, and the reasons why Arthur doesn't (and shouldn't) give screwball performances in her most famous roles.  Time Codes: 0h 1m 00s:      MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936) [dir. Frank Capra] 0h 31m 59s:    THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD (1936) [dir. Stephen Roberts] 0h 41m 54s:    ADVENTURE IN MANHATTAN (1936) [dir. Edward Ludwig] 0h 56m 03s:    Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto – CELINE ET JULIE VONT EN BATEAU (1972) +++ * Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project – a discussion of Late Spring * Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s * Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive) * Read Elise's piece on Gangs of New York – “Making America Strange Again” * Check out Dave's Robert Benchley blog – an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist's 2000+ pieces as he can locate – Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!  Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com We now have a Discord server - just drop us a line if you'd like to join! 

In this first Film Faves only episode Jeff and Shanna count down their favorite Americana movies, films that depict American culture, especially relating to mid-West or small town America. Next time on The Movie Lovers: Beast. Look for it on Tuesday, 8/30. Show Notes • Opening and Introduction • Film Faves: Americana Movies (0:01:40) • Where You Can Find Us and Ending (1:01:40) Shanna's Fave Americana Movies: 12. Doc Hollywood (1991) 11. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) 10. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 9. Paris, Texas (1984) 8. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) – Amazon Prime 7. The Straight Story (1999) – Disney+ 6. Footloose (1984) 5. Lost in America (1985) 4. A Christmas Story (1983) – HBO MAX 3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (2017) 2. Gremlins (1984) – HBO MAX 1. Field of Dreams (1989) Jeff's Fave Americana Movies: 12. American Graffiti (1973) 11. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 10. Doc Hollywood (1991) 9. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) – Amazon Prime 8. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) 7. What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) – HBO MAX 6. Footloose (1984) 5. Field of Dreams (1989) 4. Stand By Me (1986) 3. Pleasantville (1998) – Hulu 2. A Christmas Story (1983) – HBO MAX 1. Giant (1956) – HBO MAX

BREAKING GLASS hosted by Dennis Broe. Tuesday and Friday at and 13:00 pm CET. Dennis Broe presents an overview of TV series shows and events. This week, Dennis talks about his parody of Frank Capra's Depression-Era Trilogy. This one based on Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, titled Mr. Caruso Goes to Town, is about a Corporate Developer who has a makeover and becomes a California Man of the People. Crédit : John Kobal Foundation

Gary Cooper should've stuck to comedies IMO.Twitter: @GabeTheJoker / @vertigay314 / @AlternateOscars / @ItPodToBeYou / @QueerandnowpodInstagram: gabe_guarin / manishm89Letterboxd: MisterHulot / themanish89Patreon: Gabe Guarin is creating a podcast celebrating alternate awards lists | PatreonBe sure to rate and review this podcast for visibility's sake and subscribe through your choice of server. Until next time, sit back and relax, cheers and enjoy, and thanks for listening to the Alternate Oscars.Podcast website: https://anchor.fm/alternate-oscars

Airing from 1938 – 1941, first in an hour and then in a 30 minute format, The Campbell Playhouse was a live radio drama directed by and starring Orson Welles. The program aired on CBS radio and was produced by Welles and John Houseman. The program offered adaptations of classic plays and novels and popular films of the time. When Welles left at the end of the second season, The Campbell Playhouse changed format as a 30-minute weekly series that ran for one season (1940–41). GSMC Classics presents some of the greatest classic radio broadcasts, classic novels, dramas, comedies, mysteries, and theatrical presentations from a bygone era. The GSMC Classics collection is the embodiment of the best of the golden age of radio. Let Golden State Media Concepts take you on a ride through the classic age of radio, with this compiled collection of episodes from a wide variety of old programs. ***PLEASE NOTE*** GSMC Podcast Network presents these shows as historical content and have brought them to you unedited. Remember that times have changed and some shows might not reflect the standards of today's politically correct society. The shows do not necessarily reflect the views, standards, or beliefs of Golden State Media Concepts or the GSMC Podcast Network. Our goal is to entertain, educate give you a glimpse into the past.

Tonight we get to watch Frank Capra grow from the fun but characterless ‘It Happened One Night' to this surprisingly fresh and character driven romantic comedy. With characters and writing that manage to push this film just past its conservative bullshit. We're proud of Mr. Capra for making a movie we almost recommend. ‘Mr. Deeds Goes to Town' wins the Academy Award for Best Director, but we are only willing to give it the Oscar for Best Lead Actors. You can find Andy @royalty_valens and Maevas @MaevasEvergreen. Listen to future episodes at our website: Time Honored Pictures Dot Com.

In this episode, Scopophilia host Becky Teller welcomes back friend of the show Stephen Tobolowsky! The two continue discussing their love of classic Hollywood cinema with the heartwarming funny Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. *SPOILERS FROM 85 YEARS AGO*

This week's episode is all about Frank Capra and his grand success and influence at the Academy Awards. Before diving into his three Best Director wins, Nick and Sophia share their relationships with Capra's films growing up and a history of how Capra's own pursuit of the American Dream as an immigrant led him to becoming one of Hollywood's biggest stars (3:29). Then, they discuss his first Oscar-winning film and first Big Five winner (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay), “It Happened One Night” (19:55). Capra then went on to win again for “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” (31:08) and “You Can't Take It With You” (38:36), each two years apart. What do these movies have in common and what contributed to Capra's mass appeal? Listen to find out all of this and more about the beloved director! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @oscarwildpodMusic: “The Greatest Adventure” by Jonathan Adamich

Choice Classic Radio presents to you Lux Radio Theater which aired from 1934 to 1955. Today we bring to you the episode titled "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.” We hope you enjoy the show! Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com

This week on the RTC Weekly Download: The Campbell's Playhouse Production of "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"  

Orson Welles- “Mr. Deeds Goes To Town,” which aired on the Campbell Playhouse on February 11, 1940.

In this episode we discuss the ninth Best Picture Winner, The Great Ziegfeld, the first and one of the best Hollywood biopic musicals, the career of Florenz Ziegfeld, and the death and funeral of legendary Hollywood producer Irving Thalberg! Other topics include: George Jessel, musician and songwriter Spike Jones, Walt Disney, William Powell, Billie Burke, William Wyler, Irving Thalberg, costumes by Adrian, A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, film history Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thanktheacademypodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thankacademypod Email us your thoughts: thanktheacademypod@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thank-the-academy/support

The boys talk Capra's Little Man Trilogy, Sadie Hawkins, authenticity vs. goofiness, the ever growing Sandler stable, the new Deeds compared to the original, the Stewart inside Sandler, Ebert, product placement, & we end the fart count drought.Links:Some brief info about Mr. Deeds Goes to TownEbert's Review—Keep up with the show on twitter or instagram @sandtrappod, dm us there or email us at yabbayew@gmail.com Hosts Ben Kasl (instagram @ben.kasl) Jeffrey Lehman (twitter @Dostojeffsky) Cover Art Madeline Horwath (instagram @madelinehorwath)Buy their merch here 

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Welcome to It's A Wonderful Podcast!! The fantastic Frank Capra is back in discussion on the main show this week as Morgan is joined by Jeannine to talk a movie that won Mr. Capra the Best Director Oscar, MR DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936) starring Gary Cooper & Jean Arthur!! DejaView also makes a return this week as they discuss this movie's 2002 Adam Sandler remake. How does Jeannine feel after seeing a Gary Cooper movie for the first time?? Why does Morgan want to bring the name "Longfellow" back into common use?? And who decided it was a good idea to put Sandler's comedy on top of a Capra classic?? The It's A Wonderful Podcast Theme by David B. Music. Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ItsAWonderful1 IT'S A WONDERFUL PODCAST SHIRTS: https://www.teepublic.com/user/g9design Sub to the feed and download now on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & more and be sure to rate, review and SHARE AROUND!! Keep up with us on Twitter: Podcast: https://twitter.com/ItsAWonderful1 Morgan: https://twitter.com/Th3PurpleDon Jeannine: https://twitter.com/JeannineDaBean Keep being wonderful!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsawonderfulpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsawonderfulpodcast/support

In this episode, Shanna and Jeff discuss their Week in Review before diving into a review of Antebellum. And then they count down their favorite directors of all time! It's a bit of a bigger episode than usual, but we are talking about their Favorite Directors of ALL Time, so forgive them for this endulgance. Next time on The Movie Lovers: Bill and Ted Face the Music and Film Faves: Soundtracks! Look for it on Tuesday, October 13th. Show Notes • Opening and Introduction • The Week in Review (0:01:13) o Shanna's Week  You Season 2 o Jeff's Week (0:05:37)  Dead to Me Season 1  Infernal Affairs  Waves o Our Week (0:18:25)  Empire Strikes Back • The Main Event: Antebellum (0:28:50) o The Good o The Bad o Spoilers and Final Thoughts (0:48:40) • Film Faves: Directors (1:09:23) • Where You Can Find Us and Ending (2:09:52) Shanna's Fave Directors: 12. Christopher Nolan (Inception, Interstellar, Tenet) 11. Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows, Thor: Ragnarok, Jojo Rabbit) 10. The Coen Bros. (Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo, A Serious Man, True Grit) 9. Eliza Hittman (Never Rarely Sometimes Always) 8. Lynn Shelton (Touchy Feely, Laggies) 7. Pete Doctor (Monsters Inc., Up, Inside Out) 6. Alfred Hitchcock (North by Northwest, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho) 5. Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained, Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood) 4. Zoe Lister-Jones (Band Aid) 3. Rian Johnson (Looper, The Last Jedi, Knives Out) 2. Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird, Little Women) 1. Denis Villeneuve (Enemy, Sicario, Arrival, Blade Runner 2049) Jeff's Fave Directors: 12. Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows, Thor: Ragnarok) 11. John McTiernan (Predator, Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October) 10. Rian Johnson (Looper, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Knives Out) 9. Akira Kurosawa (Ikiru, Seven Samurai, Kagemusha) 8. Frank Capra (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) 7. Rob Reiner (Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally…) 6. Robert Zemekis (Back to the Future trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Contact) 5. Cameron Crowe (singles, Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous) 4. Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception) 3. Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglorious Basterds) 2. James Cameron (Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day) 1. Steven Spielberg (Jaws, Close Encounters…, E.T., …The Last Crusade)

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In this episode, Jeff and Shanna share their thoughts on Hamilton from 4th of July weekend, review The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari for its 100th Anniversary, and finish up their march backwards through time with a countdown of their favorite 1930s movies! Next time on The Movie Lovers: now that we've completed our journey going backwards through time we'll discuss our major Blindspots and count down our favorite Discoveries during the journey. Look for that on Tuesday, 8/4. Show Notes • Opening and Introduction • The Week in Review (0:01:52) o Our Week:  Hamilton • The Main Event: 100th Anniversary of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (0:15:31) o The Good o The Bad o Spoilers and Final Thoughts (0:42:55) • Film Faves: 1930s Movies (0:55:43) • Where You Can Find Us and Ending (1:57:17) Shanna's Fave 1930s Movies: 12. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 11. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) 10. The Invisible Man (1933) 9. Heidi (1937) 8. The Blue Angel (1930) 7. Footlight Parade (1933) 6. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 5. Modern Times (1936) 4. Bringing Up Baby (1938) 3. Boys Town (1938) 2. The Women (1939) 1. The Thin Man (1934) Jeff's Fave 1930s Movies: 12. Dracula (1931) 11. Duck Soup (1933) 10. Frankenstein (1931) 9. Stagecoach (1939) - Prime 8. Bringing Up Baby (1938) 7. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) 6. The Thin Man (1934) 5. My Man Godfrey (1936) 4. A Night at the Opera (1935) 3. King Kong (1933) 2. Modern Times (1936) 1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

It’s a Wonderful Life: Celebrating Mr. Everyman Please turn in your bibles to Luke 21. We're looking this morning at a very brief account of a gift given by an obscure widow, a woman we know nothing else about and the lessons we can learn from it. Anyone who knows me knows that one of my favorite movies is, It's a Wonderful Life. Daphne reminded me this morning that we don't watch it every Christmas, but we alternate; we do Scrooge one year and then It's a Wonderful Life, back and forth. It's a Wonderful Life was shot in 1946, it was directed by a man named Frank Capra. And Frank Capra was an immigrant, a man who had come from humble background and who, in his movies, consistently celebrated the triumphs of Mr. Everyman, Mr. Ordinary Citizen. He had another famous movie called Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and another movie with a similar title, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, and these would just celebrate the value of an average ordinary life. But I think that theme came to its pinnacle in Capra's work in the movie, It's a Wonderful Life. Now you know the story, but I'm going to go ahead just from my own joy and recount some of what it's about. So it's about a man named George Bailey who lives in ordinary town, Bedford Falls, and he lives a very ordinary life, and as his life is unfolding he has a strong growing desire inside himself to get out of Bedford Falls and go do something great somewhere else. And so he has an increasing distaste for the ordinary life that people live in places like Bedford Falls. He wants to go somewhere else and build long bridges and build tall skyscrapers. His father owned a building and loan, Bailey Building and Loan, that gave small loans to ordinary people so that they could live in houses. And so, George Bailey has no desire to follow in his father's footsteps in the Bailey Building and Loan. But his father suddenly dies and the board comes together, and the villain in the movie, Mr. Potter, the richest man in town, very evil, angry man wants to just get rid of the Bailey Building and Loan, it's competing with him. He wants to just shut it down. Now, George Bailey's got one foot out the door, he's ready to go to college, he's ready to get out of Bedford Falls, but he gives an impassioned speech about the value of the Bailey Building and Loan. And this is what he said, "Just remember this, Mr. Potter, that this rabble you're talking about, they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay, and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? Anyway, my father didn't think so, people are human beings to him." Well, George Bailey ends up, as far as he's concerned, trapped by the Bailey Building and Loan. Duty calls and he stays there, he doesn't go to college, he gives his college money to his younger brother, and he stays there working and he never can quite get out of Bedford Falls. And as events unfold, financial crisis comes into his life, a personal crisis, and he gets to the point where he's ready to commit suicide, throw himself off a bridge. Then God sends the angel, Clarence. Now, please don't think that I'm espousing a theology here. I don't know of any named angels in the Bible named Clarence. There are two named angels in the Bible and neither of them are named Clarence. But Clarence comes and is given, it seems, supernatural power to show George Bailey what life would have been like if he had never lived, an alternate reality universe. And in so doing, he's able to see really what his ordinary everyday commonplace life really achieved, and his mind has changed and he realized he actually has had a wonderful life. Well, anyway, that was the theme, that's what Frank Capra wanted to get across; the value of ordinary life, the value of ordinary people like you and me living in ordinary places like Bedford Falls doing ordinary things, there's value to it. Encounters With Jesus Now, Frank Capra had that vision, he put it in his movies and clearly movies are powerful medium, but I say this Scripture's more powerful, and these themes are more powerfully articulated by our Savior Jesus Christ in this text that we're studying today than in any movie you'll ever see. In this text, in these four brief verses, Jesus elevates ordinary commonplace people doing seemingly insignificant things, elevates it and celebrates it, and I think gives us a glimpse into what judgment day will look like for obscure people that make great sacrifices for Jesus. And in so doing gives hope to all of us, that the things we do in our ordinary lives actually have value if done for the glory of God, if done according to the pattern of Scripture, if done by faith in Christ and if done sacrificially, they're going to be celebrated by the only one that really matters, and that is by Jesus Christ. So, here we get that foretaste of judgment day and here we get the theme that your daily life matters eternally. Your small gifts matter eternally. Your work matters eternally. Now this summer, we've been in a series called Encounters with Jesus. And the desire has been as we put the summer of preaching together that week after week, that we would have an encounter with the greatest person that ever lived, the only Savior there is for the world. You would have an encounter with Jesus. Now, we can't see Jesus with our eyes, he's invisible to us but we can encounter him through the Scripture. It is by the Scripture alone that we know anything at all about Jesus. There's nothing we know about Jesus apart from Scripture. And especially in the four biographies of Jesus at the beginning of the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; they give us stories of people just like you and me, sinners like us that have encounters with Jesus. In our desire, as we have been doing all of this, is that people who come to this church on Sunday mornings, would have an encounter with Jesus Christ, a saving encounter, that you would see your need for Christ the Savior, the one who lived a sinless life, the one who died an atoning death, whose blood was shed on the cross for sinners like you and me. That the Holy Spirit would move on your heart and transform you from the inside and make you see that you can't live without Christ, you can't face judgment day and hell without Christ, that you need a savior, and Jesus is the only savior, and that He did die in the place of sinners like you and me, and that He was raised from the dead, physically on the third day, and that He is God in the flesh, and that by faith in Him, all your sins can be forgiven. That's the encounter with Jesus that we want you to have. Now, it's interesting that this would even be part of the series, Encounters with Jesus, because this is a little bit different. He doesn't actually encounter the widow as far as we can tell, He doesn't have a conversation with her. As far as we can tell, the widow who put in those two little copper coins didn't know Jesus was watching, never knew it, as far as we can tell. They didn't have a later subsequent conversation, not recorded in the gospels anyway. The encounter is really more about the widow that Jesus has with his disciples, and through the Holy Spirit's moving in Mark and in Luke, we have these two accounts, the account's also in the Gospel of Mark, so that we can read and we can have an encounter over this widow and learn the lessons that Jesus wants us to learn. That's the encounter. I. Jesus the Judge of All Giving So let's walk through it, and we begin with a vision here of Jesus as the judge of all giving, the judge of all the living is Jesus. And the account gives us a strong sense of that. Look at verses 1-4 in Luke 21, "As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury, he also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. 'I tell you the truth,' he said, 'This window, this poor widow, has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she had to live on.'" So, the image of Jesus sitting and watching all of the giving is a powerful one. I want that to be a lasting, powerful image in your mind, Jesus sitting and watching the giving. Let me make it personal, Jesus sitting and watching your giving, what you're giving, that he is sitting, watching that, observing it, making comments about it, evaluating it, that's powerful. Jesus in the Scripture is portrayed as the judge of all humanity. He is the one that we are going to have to stand before on judgment day. It says in John 5:22, "The Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father." That is as God. And so Jesus has the unique honor because he is the Son of Man of being the judge. And the Scripture reveals that someday, every single one of us will stand before Jesus and give an account for every aspect of our lives. 2 Corinthians 5:10 says, "We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done in the body, whether good or bad." So we are going to talk to Jesus about the good and the bad, everything, and give him an account. Now, this definitely will include our money, our giving patterns financially, definitely will include that, but it will include also our other stewardship issues such as time and our energy, our strength. What did we spend our time on? How did we invest our strength, our energy, mentally and physically? What did we invest in? So we're going to give him an account. And in this text, there's a sense we're going to talk to him about the issue of sacrifice. What sacrifices did we make? What did it cost us to be Christians? What did it cost us to serve Jesus in his kingdom? So we're going to talk to Jesus, so that powerful image of Jesus sitting opposite the giving area in the temple watching, and that's powerful. Have that in your mind by faith, establish that in your mind by faith. Then Jesus summoned his disciples so he could talk to them, so he could instruct them. We don't get it here in Luke's Gospel, that's implied. But we have it openly stated in Mark's Gospel. In Mark 12:43, it says, "Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, 'I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.'" So, he summons them and says, "Hey, have something to say. I want to teach you about this widow." And so, he summons all of us who are disciples of Christ in the same way, timeless by it being here in the Bible now we're summoned, "Come and stand around me. I have something to tell you, I want to use this widow and her gift as an object lesson." Understanding the Physical Setting So, let's understand the physical setting, Jesus is sitting there, it says, opposite where the giving was happening. This is... We're told by people who wrote about the archaeology and the structure of Jewish life at the time, he was in what was called the Court of Women. So he was there, where any Jew male or female could be, no Gentiles were allowed to be there, and he's sitting there and apparently, there were 13 chests that were trumpet-shaped, made of metal into which people would pour their offerings, and the coins that they poured in, there wasn't paper money then, just the coins that they poured in were metal and they would clatter as they went down into these chests. That's what you can picture. Now, this brief account in Luke, just four verses, is sandwiched by two very interesting accounts that weigh in on this brief account. And so right at the end of Luke 20, you can look there if you'd like, verses 46 and 47. He, Jesus, and I love this image in Revelation 1 of Jesus with eyes of blazing fire. Jesus has eyes of blazing fire in Revelation 1. So he is seeing everything, and he sees the religious leaders of the day who are corrupt and wicked, and how they're plundering the poor and needy and using the offerings for their own benefit, and how corrupt they are. And so he talks about them in Luke 20:46-47, he says, "Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets." Look at verse 47, "They devour widows' houses." In other words, they just take advantage of poor widows and plunder them. They devour widows' houses and for a show, they make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished most severely. So that's the context, the judgment He speaks on them, then goes out and sits down and sees this widow give. And then the next thing that happens in Luke is the disciples talking about the grandiose stones of the temple, which have been embellished by some of those gifts that have been given. So look at it in Luke 21:5-6, it says, "Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said, 'As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another, every one of them will be thrown down.'" So, the leaders who are collecting the offering are corrupt and they're using it for themselves. The building that's being embellished by the gifts is going to be destroyed, and in the middle you have this account of the widow giving. So Jesus is speaking clear words of judgment about the leaders who are taking advantage of poor people just like this widow and he's speaking words of judgment on the temple building grounds themselves, but in the middle of it there's this widow giving. Some commentators have therefore said she shouldn't be giving, but I don't get that at all from this account. I think Jesus is celebrating and honoring her for her gift, no matter what happens to it. And so she is being taken advantage of, she is being plundered, but as far as she's concerned she's giving to God, she's giving to God. And so that's the way I see it, he's commending her for that. And Jesus, as he's sitting there, notes the giving of the rich as well as of the poor widow, he doesn't just see her. The rich are pouring in large quantities of coins. And those coins would rattle loudly as they went down the metal trumpets, down into the boxes. Remember that Jesus in the Sermon of the Mount condemned people who announced their giving with trumpets so everyone could see how much they gave. Now I'm not saying everyone that was giving that day was doing that. I'm not saying that, but there were some people that would do that. "Hey everyone, I want you to know what I've given and what it cost me." That kind of thing. So he condemns that. He would rather that our right hand not know what our left hand is doing, so our giving may be in secret. But along, in the middle of all of this rattling coins and all that comes this poor widow. She takes out these tiny copper coins and drops it in. The Value of Her Gift Now the text highlights her poverty. It says three different times, in three different ways that she's a poor woman, very poor. She has no one to lean on, no one to rely on. She has nothing and she gives. But what of her gift? The text says that the widow put in two copper coins, two lepta. The smallest coin they had in their currency, it would amount to about 1/16th of a denarius. Less than an hour's work for a paid laborer in a field. So a very, very small amount of money. Just barely enough maybe to get a little meal. That's what she put in. And as those two little copper coins went down, I can't imagine they could have even been heard. They were so tiny, their size was so little it wouldn't have been able to be heard with all the commotion of the rich giving many, many larger, heavier coins. And so Jesus compares the gifts. He uses her as an object lesson. He did this all the time. You remember when the disciples were bickering about which of them was greatest? Who's going to be the greatest in the kingdom? And He calls a little child and has the little child stand. "Do you see this child?" "Yes Lord, we see the child." "Unless you change and become like this little child you will not enter the kingdom of God." So he uses her. Or remember the woman that's weeping and washing Jesus' feet with her tears and drying them with her hair, and Jesus says the same thing, "Do you see this woman?" And so he's using this widow as an object lesson. Do you see her? The widow, she put in more than anyone. Look at verse 3 and 4, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all the others. Wherefore all these people gave their gifts out of their wealth but she, out of her poverty, put in all she had to live on." Now as the judge, he's sitting there and he's rendering a verdict. He evaluates her gift compared to all theirs. She put in more than all of them. Not only that he brings in supernatural knowledge about her situation that an ordinary person wouldn't have. She has no money waiting at home, she has no resources waiting at home, she has nothing, this is all she had to live on. So it's similar to the Samaritan woman where Jesus knew her marital history. And Jesus just has supernatural knowledge of the circumstances, and she knows they're rich, or he knows they're rich. He knows that they're putting in out of their surplus, out of their abundance. But she out of all that she had to live on. Now Jesus' verdict as judge is she put in more than anyone else that day. Now this would have been a shocker to anybody that heard it. Please don't think that Jesus didn't know math. Jesus, was it right-brained or left? I never remember which side. He wasn't a math science guy. Oh, Jesus is perfect in math and science, and perfect in art. Isn't that amazing? Perfect in creative writing and in all aspects. So he knew math very well and he didn't need to know the tables of weights and measures that we all have at the back. So what's a talent? What's a mina? What's a denarius? He knew it. He knew very well that these two little copper coins with the smallest currency they had. In an absolute sense of weights and measures he knew that gold's worth more than silver, and the silver's worth more than copper, and big is worth more than little. He knew all that, he knew all that. But in his spiritual economy she put in more than anyone else. II. Some Timeless Lessons on Giving That's the account. Now let's talk about some timeless living, lessons on giving. 1) Jesus Sees Everything and Watches All Our Giving First, Jesus sees everything and watches all of our giving. I told you have this strongly in your mind. I feel fundamentally every week that I get up to preach, my primary task is to elevate Christ the invisible Savior before your eyes so you see him by faith. See this, Jesus is the judge of all of your giving, he sees everything. Numbers of times I've been to Christian homes and I've seen this plaque in many homes, and it says this, "Christ is the head of this home, the unseen guest at every meal, the silent listener to every conversation." It's good to kind of, you don't have to put that plaque up on the wall, but just in your mind, "Christ is the head of my life, he is the unseen guest at every moment, he is the observer, and hearer of every conversation and he is the judge of all my giving. He sees what I do, what I give." And so some day, Hebrews 4:13 says we're going to give him an account. "Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight, everything's uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account." That's Jesus. We need to see him the invisible judge of everything that we do, this is the true encounter with Christ in the text. 2) Jesus Understands Our True Circumstances Secondly, Jesus understands our true circumstances. He knows what's going on in our lives financially, knows very well. He knew that the rich gave out of their surplus, he knew that they were rich and they had abundance and the amount they gave was surplus giving. He knew that about them. He also knew that the widow, he knew her circumstances and that she had put in all that she had, to live on. Also, he knows every dollar that you make, every dollar that comes in by gift into your accounts, every windfall, he knows all of your bills, your financial obligations, he knows everything. Even if you don't have a budget, he kind of has one for you, he knows exactly what your income and outlay is. All these things, the Heavenly accounting, is there. There's nothing hidden. Remember Ananias and Sapphira, when they sold a piece of property and gave a portion, a part, not 100% of the gift, and that was fine. But then they lied about it and they said they put in the whole amount, remember? And each of them in turn was judged by Peter saying the Holy Spirit knows what you've given. You've not lied to men, but to God, the Holy Spirit saw and Ananias died and then Sapphira died. Now again, not because they didn't give the full amount, but because they lied about it. And behind that is the knowledge of the Holy Spirit. We can't lie to God. He knows exactly our circumstances. And all of our giving is evaluated clearly based on what we have, not what we do not have. And 2nd Corinthians 8, and verse 12, the apostle Paul said if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have. Okay. He knows your circumstance. 3) Jesus Evaluates Giving Based on the Level of Sacrifice it Entails Third, Christ evaluates giving based on the level of sacrifice, that it entails. Sacrifice has to pinch, it has to hurt in some way, that's what sacrifice is all about. Remember when King David was about to offer a sacrifice to stop a plague. And one of his subjects wanted to give him the threshing floor give him the wood for fire and the altar and give him the animals and he said, "Absolutely not." "I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God a sacrifice burnt offerings that cost me nothing." Sacrifice, has to cost us something. It has to pinch in some way. 4) A Life of Bold, Sacrificial Giving Requires Faith in God to Meet Future Needs Fourthly, a life of bold sacrificial giving requires faith in God to meet your future needs. There may come a time that God will cause you to give away some money, that rightly could be reserved for something reasonable in your life. And that your sacrificial giving will put you in a difficult position, that God then will have to make it up. It's what happened to the widow. It's easily imaginable that some of you would get in that situation. But you need to have faith that God will meet your needs. But fundamentally, behind this, some of the commentators I read seemed to critique or even criticize the widow. It's not wise to give all you have to live on. Might be better, give one of the copper coins, hold another one back or just say, "The Lord knows that I want to give. If I had more, I would give, but the Lord knows." And there's a bit of a critique of the widow. And also as though some that take the opposite position of saying, "Unless you give everything you have to live on, you're not really giving." That's not true. Jesus isn't saying that. Unless you give everything you have to live on, you actually haven't given at all. He's not saying that. He's not criticizing the rich. He's just honoring the poor widow for what she did, that's all. You have to step out in faith. Remember another widow when Elijah during famine was told to leave the desert where God had been feeding him by ravens and go to a widow at Zarephath. And he said, "I have commanded her to provide for your needs." He goes and finds this widow in Zarephath and she's collecting some sticks. And he asked for her something to drink, and she gives it. And then he says, "Please make me some bread." And she's like, "Do you know what's going on here? Do you know that we're in a famine? Maybe you don't know what I'm doing here, I'm collecting some sticks so I can build a fire and go take the handful of flour that I have at home and make one last small biscuit for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die." That's what she literally says, "That we may eat it and die." And then the Lord spoke through Elijah to her a word of promise, and this is what he said, "Do not be afraid, go home and do as you have said, but first make me a small cake of bread from what you have and bring it to me. Then make something for yourself and your son. For this is what the Lord the God of Israel says, 'The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the Lord gives rain on the land.'" She didn't do anything wrong. I'm talking about this widow for Elijah, by taking the last bit she had, and baking that biscuit for Elijah. And God fulfilled his promise that He had spoken to meet her future needs. We get the same thing in a story that I read recently about the great missionary Hudson Taylor. Hudson Taylor was a man that God used, a visionary missionary in the 19th century to take the gospel to the inland regions of China. And he was also a pioneer of what became known as the faith-based mission movement, where missionary stepped out in faith and raised their funds in faith like George Muller, using his faith to care for orphans. And so before he ever got there, he was in training as a medical orderly because he was going to do some medical missions work in China. And he was doing work among some poor people in a part of London called Hall, a part of England, sorry, called Hall. And the doctor that he was working for forgot to pay him, he was a forgetful man. This happened again and again, but Hudson Taylor resolved, he wouldn't tell the doctor that he hadn't gotten his monthly pay. So he was down to one coin, half a crown, a half crown piece. I don't know that much about British currency but anyway, that's a certain amount not the smallest not the middle, it's like middle-level coin. One coin he had left. Anyway, at the end of an evangelistic service on a Sunday night, a very poor man, came and said, "Would you please come to my home and pray for my wife? I fear that she and our new born child is about to die." So he came with this man and as he was walking and talking with the man. Hudson Taylor found out this man was completely destitute. Had nothing. He had nothing at home, he had no money, he had nothing. Hudson Taylor for his part had just two servings of porridge left, one for his dinner and one for his breakfast and then that half crown piece. Well, he goes up the stairs of this dilapidated apartment and as he gets in there, he can't believe the scene there. There are four or five children with sunken cheeks, clearly starving. A very weak looking woman on a pallet in the corner, and a baby, a newborn baby next to her, and the baby is not crying, the baby is just moaning. And Hudson Taylor prays for them and gives them some words of encouragement but he feels like a hypocrite. "You've got a coin in your pocket. You could help them." And the man seeing, I don't know, seeing him waiver. Looks at Hudson Taylor says, "If you can help us for God's sake, do so." And Hudson Taylor is lamenting that he didn't have the same amount broken into three coins. "I would gladly give you two, and hold one of them back for my own provision." But, he wrestles and finally, he gives the man the coin and he says, "It may seem like a small thing, to you, but I have nothing but two servings of porridge back in my home." But I want you to know that God is a loving Heavenly Father, He'll care for you. Well that night he went home, he ate half of his amount of porridge left, Hudson Taylor did. And then he prayed in light of this scripture. Proverbs 19:17. It says there, that those who gives to the poor lend to God. "So God I am quoting Proverbs 19:17. Would you please let this loan be a very short one." Very short. Alright. And he went to bed with a heart filled of peace and joy wakes up, eats the last porridge he has, and then there's the knock-on the door. And this always happens to these great men of God. And there's the postman at the door and inside there's actually folded up a blank piece of paper and some gloves, some kid gloves in it interestingly and then a sovereign, I guess, worth four times, a coin worth four times what he'd given the night before. Anonymously given. Out of nowhere. So he's thinking about the interest rate. That's a 400% interest for like a 12 hour loan, that's not bad. So here's the thing, whenever you step out in faith and God calls on you to sacrifice, you need to trust him that He'll make up the difference in your budget or a difference in your lifestyle when you step out. I think very rarely would we be called to make the level of sacrifice the widow did, giving everything we have to live on. And so Paul says, speaking of the gifts that the Philippians gave, Your gifts "are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing the God and my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches." So as we give, we need to step out in faith and trust that God will meet our needs. 5) There Will Be Massive Surprises on Judgment Day! Some hidden heroes will emerge Fifthly. There will be massive surprises on Judgment Day and in heaven. This obscure widow, we don't know her name, we don't nothing about her. Jesus said, she gave more than anyone else. This, I believe is a principle of the great reversal on judgment day. In which obscure people are elevated and honored for things they did and no one else ever knew what they did. Their giving was in secret. Their praying was in secret, their serving was in secret, nobody knew their names. They did all of these good works, and Jesus saw all of it. And he is honoring this widow and this woman and this man and these servants, that very, very few people even knew what they did, and then once they're dead within a couple of generations, no one even knew they ever lived. But Jesus knows, God elevates and knows and honors obscure people who no one else knows. I just finished in my annual Bible reading one of the hardest parts of scripture for me to read. First Chronicles. I actually made a pledge to the men's Bible study that I would never memorize first Chronicles, and I'm probably going to keep that pledge. It's 10 chapters of genealogies of obscure Jewish people that no one knows the sons of Naphtali. Can you name any of the sons of Naphtali? How about the sons of Dan? And they're all listed there. Oh Lord why? Of all the other things, like other aspects of Jesus' life? A few extra miracle stories. We got these 10 chapters of genealogies and I thought, "Alright, I'm probably never going to preach an exposition sermon through First Chronicles one through 10 either, because my lesson would be simple. God cares about people you don't know anything about. He knows their names and how they lived and what they did. And so Paul in speaking to the Corinthians, he says, in first Corinthians, "Consider yourselves when you were called, not many were wise, not many influential, not many of noble birth, but God shows obscure people to honor and to glorify His own sovereign grace." So in heaven, I imagine there's going to be a woman who lived during the Black Plague in the 14th century. And when everybody's out, so all the big strong courageous people ran out of the town, she stayed and nurse some people to health and caught the disease herself and died from it. And we're going to meet her, and we're going to honor her sacrifice even though you don't know anything about her. And how many such stories will there be in heaven? III. Applications on Sacrificial Giving So some applications on spiritual sacrificial giving. First, if I can just say to you who have come here this morning, who are not yet Christians or walked in here not yet Christians. What I want to say is God's not calling on you to give sacrificially to him, he wants to give sacrificially to you. And as a matter of fact, we can say to all of us, none of us will ever out-give God, ever. God did not spare his son, his only son, whom he loved but gave him up for us all. And we're not going to out-give, sacrificial out-give Jesus because Jesus said, "Greater love has no one than this that he laid down his life for his friends." He laid down his life under the wrath of God for you and me. And so what I'm saying to you who came here this morning on the outside looking in, let Jesus serve you, let him sacrifice for you, let him give to you, his life for your sins. Trust in him, all you have to do is call on the name of the Lord and he will forgive you. And God will lavish grace upon grace, and make you rich. He wants to give to you, he doesn't need you to give to him. So we'll start there. But if you have already trusted in Christ as your Lord and Savior, then let's learn some lessons on sacrificial giving. Ask God to search you and know your heart and know your sacrificial giving patterns. Ask him to show you how you're spending your time and your energy and your money. What are you spending it on? And is there sacrifice? Are you giving? Are you first giving of yourself to God? And then, in conjunction with what he's done for you, than what he's calling on you to give. And trust God to meet your needs sacrificially. That God will meet all of your needs, no matter what you do, how you give. And then finally, let's not look down on people who are obscure. Let's not look down on the aged, let's not look down on the poor. Let's not look down on people with special needs, who are born infirm, mentally or physically. Let's not look down on anybody because it could very well be that Christ is going to elevate people from all of those categories in ways you can't even imagine and say, this one and this one and this one gave more than you ever did because of their level of sacrifice. Let's honor the giving that each other gives and let's give in the pattern that God's called on us to give. Close with me in prayer.

弗兰克•卡普拉 Frank Capra强人 The Strong Man (1926)长裤 Long Pants (1927)阎将军的苦茶 The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)一夜风流 It Happened One Night (1934)消失的地平线 Lost Horizon (1937)浮生若梦 You Can't Take It with You (1938)生活多美好 It's a Wonderful Life (1946)迪兹先生进城 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)史密斯先生到华盛顿 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)约翰・多伊 Meet John Doe (1941)联邦一州 State of the Union (1948)

Fresh off of our discussion of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, we set our sights on My Man Godfrey, another comedy from 1936.  Directed by Gregory La Cava, the film is a satire of the lives of the naive and wealthy family residing in their Park Avenue and the merry misadventures that occur when they employ a new butler, Godfrey, who teaches them a few life lessons before the film's conclusion. La Cava's films are laced with similar social and political satire, such as Gabriel over the White House (1933) and She Married Her Boss (1935).  Commentary aside, My Man Godfrey's true charm is that it still holds up today.  Several editions, many with questionable quality, have been released on DVD, but obviously the Criterion Collection edition remains the best. Have a comment or question for the host?  Email Sean at 1001moviespodcast@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter via @1001moviesPC.