Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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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.

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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basedOn unpublished story "The Gentleman from Montana" ⓘ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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Al Clark ⓘ
Gene Havlick NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Columbia Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 1939-10-19 ⓘ
releaseEra Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
releaseYear 1939 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 129 ⓘ
screenwriter Sidney Buchman NERFINISHED ⓘ
setIn United States Senate ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
starring Beulah Bondi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Claude Rains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edward Arnold ⓘ
Guy Kibbee ⓘ
H. B. Warner ⓘ
Harry Carey ⓘ
James Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jean Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ
storyBy Lewis R. Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme civic idealism ⓘ
democracy ⓘ
political corruption ⓘ
won Academy Award for Best Original Story NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Eugene Pallette → appearedIn → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ
Frank Capra → directed → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ
Earl of Hertford – Claude Rains → nominatedForWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ
subject surface form: Claude Rains
Columbia Pictures → notableFilm → 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
Eugene Pallette → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ
Frank Capra → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ
James Stewart → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ
Robert Riskin → notableWork → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ