Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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- Label
- Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Statement of responsibility
- Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screen play by Sidney Buchman ; story by Lewis R. Foster ; directed by Frank Capra
- Title variation
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- Frank Capra's Mister Smith goes to Washington
- Mr. Smith goes to Washington
- Mister Smith goes to Washington
- Contributor
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- Foster, Lewis R., 1898-1974.
- Hall, Porter, 1888-1953.
- Donnelly, Ruth, 1896-1982.
- Carey, Harry, 1878-1947.
- Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956.
- Capra, Frank, 1897-1991.
- Mitchell, Grant, 1874-1957.
- Mitchell, Thomas, 1892-1962.
- Buchman, Sidney, 1902-1975.
- Pallette, Eugene, 1889-1954.
- Bondi, Beulah, 1892-1981.
- Rains, Claude, 1889-1967.
- Arthur, Jean, 1900-1991.
- Stewart, James, 1908-1997.
- Arnold, Edward, 1890-1956.
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979.
- Columbia Pictures Corporation
- Actor
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- Pallette, Eugene, 1889-1954.
- Mitchell, Grant, 1874-1957.
- Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956.
- Carey, Harry, 1878-1947.
- Hall, Porter, 1888-1953.
- Donnelly, Ruth, 1896-1982.
- Mitchell, Thomas, 1892-1962.
- Bondi, Beulah, 1892-1981.
- Arnold, Edward, 1890-1956.
- Stewart, James, 1908-1997.
- Arthur, Jean, 1900-1991.
- Rains, Claude, 1889-1967.
- Subject
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- United States, Congress | Senate
- United States, Congress | Senate -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Washington (D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Bills, Legislative
- Bills, Legislative -- United States -- Drama
- Drama
- Feature films
- Legislators -- United States -- Drama
- Feature films
- Feature films -- United States
- Fiction films
- Fiction films
- Legislators
- Malicious accusation
- Malicious accusation -- United States -- Drama
- Political corruption
- Political corruption -- United States -- Drama
- Political films
- Political films
- United States
- Language
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- eng
- eng
- jpn
- kor
- por
- eng
- eng
- Summary
- Jefferson Smith is a small town idealist who answers the call to duty when he's unexpectedly named to fill a vacant seat in the U.S. Senate. Determined to do some good, he sponsors a bill to create a national boy's camp, unaware it threatens to undermine a graft scheme sponsored by his home state's crooked political machine. Framed and threatened with expulsion, Jefferson takes to the Senate floor to prove his innocence
- Awards note
- Academy awards, 1940: Best writing, original story (Foster)
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Director of photography, Joseph Walker; film editors, Gene Havlick, Al Clark; musical score, Dimitri Tiomkin
- Dewey number
- 791.43/72
- Intended audience
- Not rated
- Language note
- English dialogue with optional English, Japanese, Korean or Portuguese subtitles; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
- LC call number
- PN1997
- LC item number
- .F73 2008
- PerformerNote
- Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, Beulah Bondi, Harry Carey, Eugene Pallette, Ruth Donnelly, Grant Mitchell, Porter Hall
- Runtime
- 130
- Series statement
- Premiere Frank Capra collection
- Technique
- live action
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