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2005

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	Meet John Doe [videorecording] / screenplay by Robert Riskin ; directed by Frank Capra.
Publisher, Date:	[United States] : Allied Artists Classics, ©2005, 1941.
Description:	1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:	A genial homeless unemployed baseball pitcher is hoaxed into protesting against existing social evils as a newspaper circulation stunt. He pleas to the "little man" for brotherly love and democratic good will, and John Doe clubs are formed. Because of his simple sincerity, he becomes a national hero, but he is shocked when he discovers that it's all a plot by the owner of the paper, who plans to use the voting strength of the clubs to bludgeon his way to power.
Subjects:	Democracy -- Drama. Political corruption -- Drama. Feature films.
Other Author:	Capra, Frank, 1897-1991. Riskin, Robert. Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961. Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990. Arnold, Edward, 1890-1956. Brennan, Walter, 1894-1974. Byington, Spring, 1886-1971. Gleason, James, 1886-1959. Lockhart, Gene, 1891-1957. Connell, Richard, 1893-1949. Presnell, Robert, 1894-1969. Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979.
Notes:	Originally released as motion picture in 1941 ; Based on a story by Richard Connell and Robert Presnell. Film editor, Daniel Mandell ; director of photography, George Barnes ; musical score, Dimitri Tiomkin. Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan, Spring Byington, James Gleason, Gene Lockhart. DVD.
ISBN:	9786306872039 6306872035
Publisher Number:	ALP 3016D
Other Number:	867885927
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	395047
# Local items in:	1
# System items in:	1
Call Number:	DVD MOVIE Meet Joh
Medium:	[videorecording]

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