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Which Academy Award did Frank Capra win for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town?
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(From left) Unidentified, Gary Cooper, and Frank Capra on the set of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.
For his work on the 1936 film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Frank Capra won the Academy Award for best director.1