

The Magnificent Dope
Meet the All-American Jerk...Ladies' Man De Luxe!
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is contented with his idle, lazy life and threatens to convert Dawson's other students to his philosophy. Dawson captalizes on Tad's attraction to Claire Harris to win him over; but will Tad find out Claire is really engaged to Dawson?
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- new york city
- contest
- trickery
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- TheatricalNR1 Jul 1942
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- TheatricalU1 Aug 1942
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The Magnificent Dope was released on 1 July 1942.
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4/4/2022
Don Ameche ("Dawson") and Lynn Bari ("Claire") concoct a scheme to open a school to teach the naive and the gullible how to be successful. Their first mark turns out to be "Tad" (Henry Fonda) who enters their competition to win $50 and a free course. He's not so fussed about the course, but his two new friends set about trying to manipulate him to stick around, to attract new students and to help them keep the bank f…
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