Hollywood LOVED to produce a Kelland Story!
FILMOGRAPHY
Filmography – Over 30 movies created from Kelland Stories
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ARIZONA
One of his most successful novels, “Arizona”, was filmed in a small desert town built just for the occasion. It would later become Old Tucson, now a popular Arizona tourist destination.
HOLLYWOOD
Perhaps the best know film that was ever adapted from Clarence's stories was Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, based on the magazine serial "Opera Hat". Unfortunately, ""Kelland, a prominent conservative, disliked how his story had been adapted for the screen, and refused to let the script be published during his lifetime. " Mr. Deeds Goes to Town(1936) Directed by Frank Capra. Written by Robert Riskin. Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft (Source: movediva.com) .
Usually the top actors and actresses of the day were cast in leading roles of Kelland movies:
* Lucille Ball
* James Craig
* Buster Keaton
* Jimmy Durante
* Humphrey Bogart
* Raymond Massey
* Leslie Howard
* Joan Blondell
* Stuart Erwin
* Jane Wyman
* Jean Arthur
* Harold Lloyd
* Helen Chandler
* William Holden
* Adam Sandler
* Winona Ryder
* Eddy Cantor
* Gary Cooper
* Cary Grant
* Joan Davis
* Jean Arthur
* ZaSu Pitts
* Guy Kibbe
* Ethel Merman
* Randolf Scott
* Jane Randolph
* Richard Carlson
Directors:
* Frank Capra
TELEVISION
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
RADIO
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