Editing Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (section)

==Reception==
The film was generally treated as likable fare by critics and audiences. Novelist [[Graham Greene]], then also a film critic, was effusive in his praise, stating that this was Capra's finest film to date and describing Capra's treatment as "a kinship with his audience, a sense of common life, a morality".<ref>[[Graham Greene|Greene, Graham]]. "Mr. Deeds". ''[[The Spectator]]'', August 28, 1936.</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' noted "a sometimes too thin structure [that] the players and director Frank Capra have contrived to convert ... into fairly sturdy substance. "<ref name="variety">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117793273?refcatid=31|title=Mr. Deeds Goes to Town|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=February 21, 2008}}</ref>

This was the first Capra film to be released separately to exhibitors and not "bundled" with other Columbia features. On paper, it was his biggest hit, easily surpassing ''[[It Happened One Night]].''<ref>McBride 1992, p. 348.</ref>

It was the seventh most popular film at the British box office in 1935–36.<ref>"The Film Business in the United States and Britain during the 1930s" by John Sedgwick and Michael Pokorny, ''The Economic History Review''New Series, Vol. 58, No. 1 (February 2005), pp.97</ref> In a 2004 listing compiled by the [[British Film Institute]], ''Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' was placed at number 88 in their all-time chart based on cinema admissions in the UK, with an estimate attendance of 8.3 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Features {{!}} The Ultimate Film {{!}} Researching the Chart |url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/methodology.html |access-date=April 30, 2024 |website=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Features {{!}} The Ultimate Film Chart {{!}} 88: MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN |url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/details.php?ranking=88 |access-date=April 30, 2024 |website=BFI}}</ref>