Directed by Frank Capra, Stewart starred alongside Jean Arthur and Claude Rains, and the film became known as one of the ...

Mr. Trump, a long-time Democrat, seemed a sure loser. Jimmy Stewart in ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,’ 1939, Columbia Pictures. Via Wikimedia Commons Instead, Mr. Trump became the first candidate to ...

That almost perfectly matches the time Jimmy Stewart’s title character is supposed to have spoken in Frank Capra’s 1939 classic Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Booker’s speech ended with him quoting his ...

“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” starring Jimmy Stewart as a naïve senator, explores the idealism — and reality — behind the tactic. By Alissa Wilkinson Late in “Mr. Smith Goes to ...