Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe

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Fired from her job, reporter Ann Mitchell invents a fictitious "John Doe" to write an idealistic letter threatening suicide in protest of social ills. The public response to the letter is so enormous that Ann's newspaper rehires her and hires an out-of-work baseball player, John Willo...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Frank Capra Productions, VCI Entertainment (Firm), Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
Other Authors: Arnold, Edward, 1890-1956, Brennan, Walter, 1894-1974, Byington, Spring, 1886-1971, Connell, Richard, 1893-1949, Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961, Gleason, James, 1886-1959, La Rocque, Rod, 1898-1969, Lockhart, Gene, 1891-1957, Presnell, Robert, 1894-1969, Riskin, Robert, Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990, Tombes, Andrew, 1885-1976
Format: Unknown
Language:English
French
German
Spanish
Published: Tulsa, OK : distributed by VCI Entertainment, c010
Edition:70th anniversary ultimate collector's ed
Subjects:
Newspapers > Drama
Political corruption > Drama
Political plays
Social problems > Drama
DVD-Video discs
Films for the hearing impaired
Politics in motion pictures
Video recordings for the hearing inpaired
Feature films
Fiction films
Table of Contents:
  • Disc 1 Meet John Doe movie
  • audio commentary (with optional English subtitles) by Laureate's Ken Barnes with "archival contributions" from Frank Capra.
  • Disc 2 Three featurettes. "Meet Mr Cooper"
  • "Meet Miss Stanwyck
  • "Meet Mr. Capra"
  • vintage "Lux Theater" radio productions. "Sorry Wrong Number," starring Barbara Stanwyck & Burt Lancaster
  • "For Whom the Bell Tolls," starring Gary Cooper & Ingrid Bergman
  • Before and after comparison of the digital restoration.

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