Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Directed by Frank Capra. With Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold. A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. …

In Washington, however, Smith discovers many of the shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss, Jim …

In the score when Smith and Paine reminisce, and later when Smith is at the Lincoln Memorial at night

Mr. Smith is elected into office in the funniest way, a coin toss. When Mr. Smith arrives in Washington with his colleague Mr. Pain, (Claude Rains) he is amazed by all the greatness that …

But Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is bigger than any of these things. Its real hero is not calfy Jeff Smith, but the things he believes, as embodied in the hero of U. S. democracy's first crisis, …

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Bitterly denounced by Washington insiders angry at its allegations of corruption, yet banned by fascist states in Europe who were afraid it showed that democracy works.

On the train to Washington when Smith and Senator Paine are talking about Smith's father, the scene begins with a long shot, and McGann can be seen sitting in a chair between them …

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Shared with: American Madness · It Happened One Night · Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · You Can't Take It with You · Frank Capra's American Dream National Board of Review, USA 1939 …