Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Summary: 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 c...

Release Date: October 19, 1939

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Frank Capra

Writers: Sidney Buchman

, Lewis R. Foster

, Myles Connolly

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: Passed

Production: Columbia Pictures

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Home Video, Sony Pictures Television, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,900,000

Domestic: $ 144,738

International: $ 1,203

-100 - Rotten Tomatoes % Gap

Anne of Windy Poplars (1940)

Summary: Anne Shirley, now betrothed to her childhood sweetheart Gilbert Blythe, takes a teaching position in a prestigious school far from her home on Prince Edward Island. While she is quickly accepted by her host family, the rest of the...

Release Date: June 28, 1940

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Jack Hively