Movies @ Columbus Library Presents: Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Date and Time
August 30, 2012

Location

Columbus Library
Event Details

Title: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Starring: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains
Columbia Pictures; Directed by Frank Capra
Black and White; Not Rated; 130 minutes; 1939

James Stewart won the New York Critics Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Mr. Smith, an idealistic country boy who goes to Washington as a short-term senator. Disillusionment sets in slowly as he realizes the political games being played in the nation's Capitol. His fight to expose the corruption to the public brings the film to a moving finish.
Winner of the Academy Award® for Best Original Story