Meet John Doe, a biography
Type
Label
Meet John Doe, a biography
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Meet John Doe
Medium
videorecording ; Gary Cooper on film
Oclc number
45605800
Runtime
165
Sub title
a biography
Summary
Meet John Doe: 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 powerGary Cooper on film: This documentary visits the life and career of an actor who was perceived not merely as a celebrity but as an American icon, symbolizing the virtues of decent, honest living and above all, unselfish heroism
Table Of Contents
Meet John Doe (1941, 135 min.) -- Gary Cooper on film (2000?, 30 min.)
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Gary Cooper on film : a biography
Contributor
- Bacon, Irving, 1893-1965
- Capra, Frank, 1897-1991
- Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961
- Lockhart, Gene, 1891-1957
- Arnold, Edward, 1890-1956
- Brennan, Walter, 1894-1974
- Gleason, James, 1886-1959
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Connell, Richard Edward, 1893-1949
- Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979
- Presnell, Robert, 1894-
- Delta Entertainment
- Riskin, Robert
- Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990
- La Rocque, Rod, 1898-1969
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor15
- Bacon, Irving, 1893-1965
- Capra, Frank, 1897-1991
- Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961
- Lockhart, Gene, 1891-1957
- Arnold, Edward, 1890-1956
- Brennan, Walter, 1894-1974
- Gleason, James, 1886-1959
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Connell, Richard Edward, 1893-1949
- Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979
- Presnell, Robert, 1894-
- Delta Entertainment
- Riskin, Robert
- Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990
- La Rocque, Rod, 1898-1969
- Subject2
- Mapped to1