Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

• Who's watched:  M & G
• Mentions:  *1* *2*
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  Commentary:  I think I've said quite a lot about our reactions to this movie throughout the main journal. We both find it entertaining and "feel good" inspirational.
    There are a lot of movies, including many from this film's era, previous, post, and all the way through to now, that focus on populist vs. elitist politics. None of them, though, has yet approached the pointedness, pertinence and perceptiveness of this all time classic. I'll bet it will never, ever, not be a popular classic, because, at least in the United States, its story will always be contemporary.
  Update 11/17/2021:  This post was originally published February 6, 2005. It was one of the accidental deletions that occurred, which is covered in this post.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  James Stewart	Jefferson Smith	Jean Arthur	Clarissa Saunders	Claude Rains	Joseph Harrison Paine	Edward Arnold	Jim Taylor
  Thomas Mitchell	Diz Moore	Beulah Bondi	Ma Smith	Astrid Allwyn	Susan Paine	Ruth Donnelly	Mrs. Hopper

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1939
    Directed by Frank Capra.