Mr. Deeds Goes to Yankee Stadium

Mr. Deeds Goes to Yankee Stadium
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 9780786483501
ISBN-13 : 0786483504
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Book Synopsis Mr. Deeds Goes to Yankee Stadium by : Wes D. Gehring

Download or read book Mr. Deeds Goes to Yankee Stadium written by Wes D. Gehring and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrated film director Frank Capra was a central architect of the "feel good" movie genre now known as populism, which celebrates people, families, second chances, and other traditional American icons such as small town or pastoral life and baseball. Capra developed his own brand of populism by interweaving traditional values of the genre with a younger, more vulnerable hero starting with Mr. Deeds Goes to Town in 1936. The result, Capraesque populism, has had a significant influence on American pop culture in general and forms a small but important subgenre of baseball movie. This book examines eight of these Capraesque baseball films, starting with the all-important Pride of the Yankees (1942), which one admiring critic has called "Mr. Deeds Goes to Yankee Stadium." An introduction provides an overview of baseball and populism. Individual chapters are devoted to the populist legacy from Will Rogers (Capra's mentor) to Capra, The Pride of the Yankees, The Stratton Story, Angels in the Outfield, The Natural, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, Frequency and The Rookie.


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