Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

E98969

American film film political drama film

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a classic 1939 American political drama film about an idealistic young senator who confronts corruption in the U.S. government.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington canonical	33
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939 film)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ film ⓘ political drama film ⓘ
basedOn	unpublished story "The Gentleman from Montana" ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Joseph Walker ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Frank Capra ⓘ
distributor	Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Al Clark ⓘ Gene Havlick ⓘ
featuredInList	AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers ⓘ AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies ⓘ
format	black-and-white film ⓘ
genre	drama film ⓘ political drama ⓘ
mainCharacter	Jefferson Smith ⓘ
musicBy	Dimitri Tiomkin ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Story Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Recording Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
notableScene	filibuster in the U.S. Senate ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portrays	idealistic young senator ⓘ
producer	Frank Capra ⓘ
productionCompany	Columbia Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate	1939-10-19 ⓘ
releaseEra	Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
releaseYear	1939 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	129 ⓘ
screenwriter	Sidney Buchman ⓘ
setIn	United States Senate ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
starring	Beulah Bondi ⓘ Claude Rains ⓘ Edward Arnold ⓘ Guy Kibbee ⓘ H. B. Warner ⓘ Harry Carey ⓘ James Stewart ⓘ Jean Arthur ⓘ Thomas Mitchell ⓘ
storyBy	Lewis R. Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme	civic idealism ⓘ democracy ⓘ political corruption ⓘ
won	Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Story

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frank Capra → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Frank Capra → directed → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Columbia Pictures → notableFilm → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

James Stewart → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Robert Riskin → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Eugene Pallette → appearedIn → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Eugene Pallette → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Claude Rains → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Earl of Hertford – Claude Rains → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

subject surface form: Claude Rains

Earl of Hertford – Claude Rains → nominatedForWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

subject surface form: Claude Rains

Francesco → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

subject surface form: Francesco Rosario Capra

Guy Kibbee → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

H. B. Warner → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

H. B. Warner → appearedInFilm → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Dimitri Tiomkin → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Thomas Mitchell → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Pallette → appearedIn → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

subject surface form: Eugene Pallette

this entity surface form: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939 film)

Edward Arnold → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Rains → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

subject surface form: Claude Rains

Senator Joseph Paine in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington → appearsIn → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

subject surface form: Senator Joseph Paine

Senator Joseph Paine in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington → createdFor → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

subject surface form: Senator Joseph Paine

William Claude Rains → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Beatrice Pearl Levy → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

subject surface form: Claude Rains

Harry Carey → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

12th Academy Awards → bestPictureNominee → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Senator Joseph Paine → appearsIn → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Senator Joseph Paine → createdFor → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Joseph Walker → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Astrid Allwyn → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Gene Havlick → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Gene Havlick → workedOn → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Gino Corrado → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Gino Corrado → appearedIn → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ

Edward Keane → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ