Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.4/10   

Director:

Frank Capra

Escritores:

Sidney Buchman (screenplay)
Lewis R. Foster (story)
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

19 octubre 1939 (USA)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

Capra at his greatest!

Plot:

A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the US Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.

Plot Keywords:

Boy | Senate | Corruption | Senator | Political Corruption

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 10 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

an honest film

US Showtimes:

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Reparto

Jean Arthur	...	Saunders
James Stewart	...	Jefferson Smith
Claude Rains	...	Senator Joseph Paine
Edward Arnold	...	Jim Taylor
Guy Kibbee	...	Governor Hopper
Thomas Mitchell	...	Diz Moore
Eugene Pallette	...	Chick McGann
Beulah Bondi	...	Ma Smith
H.B. Warner	...	Senator Agnew - Senate Majority Leader
Harry Carey	...	President of the Senate
Astrid Allwyn	...	Susan Paine
Ruth Donnelly	...	Emma Hopper
Grant Mitchell	...	Senator MacPherson
Porter Hall	...	Senator Monroe
Larry Simms	...	Hopper Boy (as Baby Dumpling)
H.V. Kaltenborn	...	Himself - Radio Broadcaster / Trailer Narrator
Pierre Watkin	...	Senator Barnes - Senate Minority Leader
Charles Lane	...	Nosey
William Demarest	...	Bill Griffith
Dick Elliott	...	Carl Cook
Billy Watson	...	Peter Hopper
Delmar Watson	...	Jimmie Hopper
Johnny Russell	...	Otis Hopper (as John Russell)
Harry Watson	...	Hopper Boy
Garry Watson	...	Hopper Boy (as Gary Watson)
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Erville Alderson	...	Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
Harry Anderson	...	Hoodlum (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews	...	Senator Hodges (uncredited)
William Arnold	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Sam Ash	...	Senator Lancaster (uncredited)
Edwin August	...	Senator (uncredited)
Frank Austin	...	Inventor at Smith's Office Door (uncredited)
Harry A. Bailey	...	Senator Hammett (uncredited)
Tommy Baker	...	Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Kathryn Bates	...	Committeewoman (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict	...	Senate Clerk (uncredited)
Wilson Benge	...	Hopper's Butler (uncredited)
Wade Boteler	...	Family Man (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley	...	Arthur Kim (uncredited)
Lynton Brent	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Ed Brewer	...	Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Al Bridge	...	Senator Dwight (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs	...	Mr. Edwards - Howling Citizen (uncredited)
Tommy Bupp	...	Boy Cheering for Smith in Meeting (uncredited)
Frederick Burton	...	Senator Dearhorn (uncredited)
Georgia Caine	...	Third Radio Speaker (uncredited)
Ken Carpenter	...	Announcer (uncredited)
Jack Carson	...	Sweeney Farrell - Newsman (uncredited)
Burr Caruth	...	Townsend (uncredited)
Maurice Cass	...	Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
Allan Cavan	...	Ragner - Newsman (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler	...	Reporter (uncredited)
George Chandler	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Davison Clark	...	Committeeman (uncredited)
Dora Clement	...	Mrs. McGann (uncredited)
Shirley Coates	...	Assistant Bartender (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb	...	Senator Gower (uncredited)
Eddie Coke	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Dorothy Comingore	...	Woman at Station (uncredited)
Chester Conklin	...	Man in Press Section of Senate Gallery (uncredited)
Hal Cooke	...	Reporter (uncredited)
George Cooper	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Georgie Cooper	...	Committeewoman (uncredited)
Jack Cooper	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Nick Copeland	...	Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Anne Cornwall	...	Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Gino Corrado	...	Barber (uncredited)
Maurice Costello	...	Diggs - Newsman (uncredited)
Alec Craig	...	Speaker (uncredited)
Beatrice Curtis	...	Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
Lew Davis	...	Senate Clerk (uncredited)
Dulcie Day	...	Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Wally Dean	...	Paine's Friend (uncredited)
Vernon Dent	...	Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Depp	...	Hat Salesman / Secretary (uncredited)
Joe Devlin	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Clyde Dilson	...	Reporter (uncredited)
John Dilson	...	Secretary (uncredited)
Neal Dodd	...	Senate Chaplain (uncredited)
Ann Doran	...	Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
Lester Dorr	...	Taylor's Stooge (uncredited)
Robert Dudley	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Edward Earle	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Helen Jerome Eddy	...	Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
Jack Egan	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Douglas Evans	...	Francis Scott Key (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston	...	Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Mabel Forrest	...	Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Byron Foulger	...	Hopper's Secretary (uncredited)
Gladys Gale	...	Committeewoman (uncredited)
Jack Gardner	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Frances Gifford	...	Hopper Girl (uncredited)
June Gittelson	...	Woman at Station (uncredited)
Mary Gordon	...	Woman (uncredited)
Jesse Graves	...	Black Committeeman (uncredited)
Lorna Gray	...	Woman at Station (uncredited)
Roger Haliday	...	Senate Guard (uncredited)
Wilfred Hari	...	House Boy (uncredited)
Harry Hayden	...	First Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Louis Jean Heydt	...	Soapbox Speaker (uncredited)
Fred Hoose	...	Senator (uncredited)
Philip Hurlic	...	Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten	...	Butler (uncredited)
John Ince	...	Senator Fernwick (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham	...	Committeeman (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet	...	Senator Byron (uncredited)
John Lester Johnson	...	Butler (uncredited)
Dickie Jones	...	Pageboy Richard Jones (uncredited)
Eddie Kane	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Emmett Keane	...	Editor (uncredited)
Donald Kerr	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee	...	Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Joe King	...	Summers Newsman (uncredited)
Evalyn Knapp	...	Reporter Asking 'What Do You Think of the Girls in This Town?' (uncredited)
Wright Kramer	...	Senator Carlton (uncredited)
Billy Lechner	...	Boy Ranger (uncredited)
P.H. Levy	...	Rabbi (uncredited)
Vera Lewis	...	Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
George Lloyd	...	Hoodlum (uncredited)
Arthur Loft	...	Chief Clerk (uncredited)
Jane Loofbourrow	...	Committeewoman (uncredited)
Jackie Lowe	...	Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Jack Low	...	Hoodlum (uncredited)
Jimmie Lucas	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas	...	Pompous Man (uncredited)
Mary MacLaren	...	Head Sister (uncredited)
Hank Mann	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Margaret Mann	...	Nun with Cheering Orphan Boys (uncredited)
Eric Mayne	...	Man in Senate Building (uncredited)
Philo McCullough	...	Senator Albert (uncredited)
Ralph McCullough	...	Assistant Bartender (uncredited)
Matt McHugh	...	Reporter (uncredited)
George McKay	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Lafe McKee	...	Civil War Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)
Sammy McKim	...	Boy Ranger (uncredited)
James McNamara	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Middlemass	...	Second Radio Announcer (uncredited)
James Millican	...	Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell	...	Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore	...	Porter (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse	...	Man in Senate Building (uncredited)
Gene Morgan	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Morgan	...	Senate Clerk (uncredited)
William Newell	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Ray Nichols	...	Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Field Norton	...	Pompous Man (uncredited)
Alex Novinsky	...	Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor	...	Senator Alfred (uncredited)
Frank Otto	...	Fisk (uncredited)
Joe Palma	...	Hoodlum (uncredited)
Blanche Payson	...	Committeewoman (uncredited)
Frank Puglia	...	Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
Ed Randolph	...	Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Regan	...	Hoodlum (uncredited)
Jack Rice	...	Lang (uncredited)
Jack Richardson	...	Senator Manchester (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore	...	Senator (uncredited)
Walter Sande	...	Newspaperman with Pipe (uncredited)
Russell Simpson	...	Kenneth Allen (uncredited)
Walter Soderling	...	Senator Pickett (uncredited)
Harry Stafford	...	Senator Atwater (uncredited)
Wyndham Standing	...	Senator Ashman (uncredited)
Paul Stanton	...	Flood - Newsman (uncredited)
Larry Steers	...	Committeeman (uncredited)
Count Stefenelli	...	Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)
Robert Sterling	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Craig Stevens	...	Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Landers Stevens	...	Committeeman (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale	...	Senator Burdette (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan	...	Cab Driver (uncredited)
Ben Taggart	...	Pompous Man (uncredited)
Emma Tansey	...	Committeewoman (uncredited)
Dub Taylor	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Ferris Taylor	...	Senator Carlisle (uncredited)
Arthur Thalasso	...	Doorman (uncredited)
Edward Thomas	...	Butler (uncredited)
Frank M. Thomas	...	Hendricks (uncredited)
Layne Tom Jr.	...	Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones	...	Porter (uncredited)
Victor Travers	...	Senator Grainger (uncredited)
Laura Treadwell	...	Mrs. Taylor (uncredited)
John Tyrrell	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Frederick Vroom	...	Paine's Friend (uncredited)
Bess Wade	...	Committeewoman (uncredited)
Max Waizmann	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Robert Walker	...	Senator Holland (uncredited)
Myonne Walsh	...	Jane Hopper (uncredited)
John Ward	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Billy Wayne	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Lloyd Whitlock	...	Schultz - Newsman (uncredited)
Dave Willock	...	Senate Guard (uncredited)
Florence Wix	...	Committeewoman (uncredited)
Eleanor Wood	...	Committeewoman (uncredited)
William Worthington	...	Committeeman (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Frank Capra

Créditos del guión
Sidney Buchman		(screenplay)
Lewis R. Foster		(story)
Myles Connolly		contributor to screenplay construction and dialogue (uncredited)

Producida por
Frank Capra	....	producer (uncredited)

Música original por
Dimitri Tiomkin		(musical score)

Fotografía por
Joseph Walker		(director of photography)

Montaje por
Al Clark
Gene Havlick

Dirección artística
Lionel Banks

Diseño de vestuario por
Robert Kalloch		(gowns) (as Kalloch)

Departamento de maquillaje
Faye Hanlin	....	hair (uncredited)
Helen Hunt	....	hair (uncredited)
William Knight	....	make-up (uncredited)
Fred B. Phillips	....	make-up (uncredited)

Ayudante de dirección
Arthur S. Black Jr.	....	assistant director (as Arthur S. Black)
Rex Bailey	....	second assistant director (uncredited)
Richard McWhorter	....	second assistant director (uncredited)
Charles Vidor	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Departamento de Arte
Walter Holscher	....	set designer (uncredited)
George Montgomery	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Cary Odell	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Jack Wrenn	....	prop master (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Edward Bernds	....	sound engineer (uncredited)
John P. Livadary	....	supervising sound editor (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
Fred Jackman Jr.	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects
Slavko Vorkapich	....	montage effects
John Hoffman	....	montage effects (uncredited)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
George Hager	....	head electrician (uncredited)
William Jolley	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
George F. Kelley	....	second operative camera (uncredited)
Al Layter	....	assistant electrician (uncredited)
Irving Lippman	....	photographer: production stills (uncredited)
Irving Lippman	....	still photographer (uncredited)
James Lloyd	....	head grip (uncredited)
Enzo A. Martinelli	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Adolph L. Schafer	....	special portrait art (uncredited)
Victor Scheurich	....	first operative camera (uncredited)

Departamento de vestuario
Forrest T. Butler	....	wardrobe: men (uncredited)
Ray Howell	....	head of wardrobe (uncredited)
Roselle Novello	....	wardrobe: women (uncredited)

Departamento de Música
Morris Stoloff	....	musical director (as M.W. Stoloff)
R.H. Bassett	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Ben Oakland	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
James D. Preston	....	technical advisor (uncredited)
Joseph Sistrom	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Harold Winston	....	dialogue director (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distribuidores

• Columbia Pictures (1939) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (1949) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Sony Pictures Television (????) (USA) (TV)

Otras Compañías

• British Film Institute (BFI)  with appreciation to (2002 restoration: Library of Congress)
• Chase Productions  sound recording courtesy of (2002 restoration: Library of Congress)
• Columbia Pictures  sound recording courtesy of (2002 restoration: Library of Congress)
• Library of Congress, Motion Picture Conservation Center  restored by (2002 restoration)
• National Film Archive, The  with appreciation to (2002 restoration: Library of Congress)
• Sunset Gower Studios  sound stages

También conocida como:

Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (USA) (complete title)
Caballero sin espada (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

129 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Clasificación:

Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | USA:Approved (PCA #5370) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. | UK:U | Australia:G

Locaciones de Filmación:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

In 1942, when a ban on American films was imposed in German-occupied France, the title theaters chose Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) for their last movie before the ban went into effect. One Paris theater reportedly screened the film nonstop for thirty days prior to the ban.

Errores:

Continuidad: When the governor enters the Smith's home (with the band playing) we see, from the outside, Ma closing the door almost shut. When the scene shifts to inside the house, Ma is again closing the same door.

Citas:

[last lines]
Clarissa Saunders: [shouts] Yippee!

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Smallville: Prototype (#6.21)" (2007)

Banda de Sonido:

The Star-Spangled Banner

an honest film

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a wonderful film about a man Jeff Smith (James Stewart) who believes that children are the future and should be able to enjoy the outdoors, while taking in knowledge of their great Country. When a senator dies in Smith's state, the governor is forced into an awkward position of electing the new senator. While the governor is sitting down to dinner, his young children propose the idea of Jeff Smith who is head of the Boy Rangers and prints a weekly newspaper for the local children. Mr. Smith is elected into office in the funniest way, a coin toss.

When Mr. Smith arrives in Washington with his colleague Mr. Pain, (Claude Rains) he is amazed by all the greatness that Washington possesses. After being sworn into the Senate Mr. Smith comes up with idea to propose a Bill that would let boys come together and enjoy the wilderness, and the perfect spot would be in his home town next to a creek. What he doesn't know is that his colleague Mr. Pain has his own plans with that same land. The film then releases the full fury of what corrupt politicians can do to a truthful man.

The plot of the film will grab the viewer within the first five minutes and will not let go until the astonishing end. Even though this type of thing is implausible it's still very funny and unique in its own way.

The acting was superb! James Stewart will always represent the good guy trying to make his way through life in an honorable way. Claude Rains character was perfect for him, a good man gone bad by the power of politics. Jean Arthur's character was something that isn't normally seen in the movies. She played an ambitious woman trying to get to the top without anyone's help, but is still the great old fashioned woman she was born to be. James Stewart and Jean Arthur were very charismatic together. There could not have been a better pair.

The lighting in the film was great in two scenes when Mr. Smith is at the Washington memorial the light shines on sentences of the constitution that added a lot to the emotion of the character and helped set the tone for the scene.

This is a classic film that should be recognized and cherished forever. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a great film for the whole family, the film is not only captivating and genuine but there is also a moral in the story. Definitely a ten out of ten, and should be part of your home video library.