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- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, winning Best Original Story.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, winning Best Original Story.
David O. Selznick 's Gone with the Wind received the most nominations of the year with thirteen, winning eight Oscars (both records at the time). This year was the first in which multiple films received ten or more nominations ( Mr. Smith Goes to Washington received eleven).
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Frank Capra
- 1939-10-19
Academy Awards, USA. 1940 Nominee Oscar. Best Picture. 1940 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. James Stewart. 1940 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Harry Carey.
Feb 5, 2014 · Brian Aherne – Juarez. Harry Carey – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Brian Donlevy – Beau Geste. Thomas Mitchell – Stagecoach. Claude Rains – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE. Olivia de Havilland – Gone with the Wind. Geraldine Fitzgerald – Wuthering Heights.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, American dramatic film, released in 1939, by director Frank Capra that angered the political establishment but won wide acclaim from the public and film industry. The story concerns Jefferson Smith (played by James Stewart), a hokey, idealistic youth leader who is.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington won an Academy Award for Best Original Story, and was nominated for Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Supporting Actor (Harry Carey and Claude Rains), Art Direction, Music, Editing and Sound. Stewart, who was nominated for Best Actor, won the New York Film Critics' Circle Award for best actor.
