Mr. Smith goes to Washington

Foster, Lewis R., 1898-1974 (Added Author). Buchman, Sidney, 1902-1975 (Added Author). Capra, Frank, 1897-1991 (Added Author). Arthur, Jean, 1900-1991 (Added Author). Stewart, James, 1908-1997 (Added Author). Rains, Claude, 1889-1967 (Added Author). Arnold, Edward, 1890-1956 (Added Author). Mitchell, Thomas, 1892-1962 (Added Author). Bondi, Beulah, 1892-1981 (Added Author). Columbia Pictures Corporation. (Added Author). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, Beulah Bondi, Harry Carey, Eugene Pallatte, Ruth Donnelly, Grant Mitchell, Porter Hall. (Cast).

Summary: Jefferson Smith is a small town idealist who answers the call to duty when he's unexpectedly named to fill a vacant seat in the U.S. Senate. Determined to do some good, he sponsors a bill to create a national boy's camp, unaware it threatens to undermine a graft scheme sponsored by his home state's crooked political machine. Framed and threatened with expulsion, Jefferson takes to the Senate floor to prove his innocence.

Record details

ISBN: 1435937953
ISBN: 9781435937956
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 130 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary Originally released as a motion picture in 1939. Special features: Commentary by Frank Capra, Jr.; Frank Capra, Jr. remembers -- Mr. Smith goes to Washington; vintage advertising gallery; original theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Joseph Walker; film editors, Gene Havlick, Al Clark; musical score, Dimitri Tiomkin.
Participant or Performer Note:	Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, Beulah Bondi, Harry Carey, Eugene Pallatte, Ruth Donnelly, Grant Mitchell, Porter Hall.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1); Dolby Digital.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	This disc is copy protected.
Language Note:	English dialogue, with optional English, Japanese, Korean or Portuguese subtitles; closed-captioned.
Awards Note:	Academy awards, 1940: Best writing, original story (Foster)