Saturday Night Cinema Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Classic Frank Capra, starring Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, and Edward Arnold.

A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the US Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is an American 1939 comedy/drama film starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur, about one man's effect on American politics. It was directed by Frank Capra – his last film for Columbia Pictures, the studio where he made his name^[1] – and written by Sidney Buchman, based on Lewis R. Foster's unpublished story.^[2] Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was controversial when it was released, but also successful at the box office, and made Stewart a major movie star.^[1] Aside from Stewart and Arthur, the film features a bevy of well-known supporting actors, among them Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell and Beulah Bondi. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, winning for Best Screenplay.^[3]

Comments

[DeeDee]

I watched this last time Atlas posted it, I loved it! The corrupt congressmen turned the press against Mr. Smith so easily, so true to current times like Sarah Palin. Smith believed and was so in awe of D.C., Lincoln's memorial. As a kid I saw it a few times on the after-school movie, what I remember from it most was the filibuster scenes.

[Piglet-U93]

I watched the entire movie. Signed up just to say thank you. We can take America back for freedom sake. Sarah Palin/Allen West 2012.