The Man from Springfield: ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ (1939)

Lary Wallace
Nov 6 · 11 min read

You can always tell the story a different way:

So there’s this guy who knows nothing about politics, right? Jefferson Smith (Jimmy Stewart). He’s recruited by the party hacks to come in and fill the seat of a senator recently deceased — basically, because the governor’s bratty kids want him to (“You’re all wet, pop!”), and because he seems both wholesome…

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