Basic facts

Original title Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
Swedish release 1939-12-23

Cast

Jean Arthur
Clarissa Saunders, sekreterare

James Stewart
senator Jefferson Smith

Claude Rains
senator Joseph Harrison Paine

Edward Arnold
James "Jim" Taylor, industrimagnat

Guy Kibbee
guvernör Hubert Hopper

Thomas Mitchell
Diz Moore, journalist

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Alternative title
Title for Swedish Video release

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Technical Advisor
Dialogue Coach
Second Unit Director
Production Assistant
Production Secretary
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Special Photographic Effects
Assistant Cameraman
Gaffer
Key Grip
Orchestra Leader
Assistant Production Designer
Set Decorator
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Other Crew

Cast

Jean Arthur Clarissa Saunders, sekreterare
James Stewart senator Jefferson Smith
Claude Rains senator Joseph Harrison Paine
Edward Arnold James "Jim" Taylor, industrimagnat
Guy Kibbee guvernör Hubert Hopper
Thomas Mitchell Diz Moore, journalist
Eugene Pallette Chick McGann
Beulah Bondi Jefferson Smiths mamma
H.B. Warner senator Agnew Fuller, majoritetsledare i senaten
Harry Carey Henry, senatspresidenten
Astrid Allwyn Susan Paine, senator Paines dotter
Ruth Donnelly Emma Hopper, guvernör Hoppers fru
Grant Mitchell senator MacPherson
Porter Hall senator Martin Monroe
Pierre Watkin senator Barnes, minoritetsledare i senaten
Charles Lane Nosey, journalist
William Demarest Carl Griffith
Dick Elliott Bill Cook
Billy Watson Peter, Hoppers son
Delmar Watson Jimmie, Hoppers son
Johnny Russell (as John Russell) Otis, Hoppers son
Harry Watson Hoppers son
Garry Watson (as Gary Watson) Hoppers son
Larry Simms (as Baby Dumpling) Hoppers son
H.V. Kaltenborn H.V. Kaltenborn, radiokommentator i senaten
- Ej krediterade:
Ken Carpenter radiokommentator
Jack Carson Sweeney Farrell, journalist
Joe King Summers, nyhetsrapportör
Paul Stanton Flood, nyhetsrapportör
Russell Simpson Kennth Allen, mannen som påstår sig ha sålt land till Smith
Stanley Andrews senator Hodges
Walter Soderling senator Pickett
Frank Jaquet senator Byron
Ferris Taylor senator Carlisle
Carl Stockdale senator Burdette
Al Bridge senator Dwight
Edmund Cobb senator Gower
Frederick Burton senator Dearhorn
Arthur Loft chefstjänsteman
Harry A. Bailey (as Harry Bailey) senator Hammett
Wyndham Standing senator Ashman
Robert Walker senator Holland
Victor Travers senator Grainger
John Ince senator Fernwick
Sam Ash senator Lancaster
Edmund Mortimer (as Ed Mortimer) senator Agnew
Philo McCullough senator Albert
Frank O'Connor senator Alfred
Harry Stafford senator Atwater
Jack Richardson senator Manchester
Vera Lewis Mrs. Edwards
Dora Clement Mrs. McGann
Laura Treadwell Mrs. Taylor
Helen Jerome Eddy Paines sekretrare
Ann Doran Paines sekretrare
Beatrice Curtis Paines sekretrare
Byron Foulger Hoppers sekreterare
Frank Otto Fiske
Jack Rice Lang
Eddie Fetherston journalist i senaten
Ed Randolph journalist i senaten
Milton Kibbee journalist i senaten
Vernon Dent journalist i senaten
Craig Stevens (as Michael Gale) journalist i senaten
Anne Cornwall journalist i senaten
James Millican journalist i senaten
Mabel Forrest journalist i senaten
Nick Copeland journalist i senaten
Dulcie Day journalist i senaten
Clyde Dilson journalist
William "Billy" Newell journalist
George Chandler journalist
Gene Morgan journalist
George McKay journalist
Matt McHugh journalist
Evalyn Knapp journalist
Dub Taylor journalist
Jack Gardner journalist
Donald Kerr journalist
Eddie Kane journalist
William Arnold journalist
Hal Cooke journalist
James McNamara journalist
Eddy Chandler journalist
Richard Fiske (as Dick Fiske) journalist
Billy Wayne journalist
Edward Earle journalist
Robert Dudley journalist
Phan H. Levy rabbinen
Fred Hoose senator
Count Stefenelli utländsk diplomat
Alex Novinsky utländsk diplomat
Burr Caruth Townsend
Frank Austin uppfinnaren
Allan Cavan Ragner, en av Taylors män
Maurice Costello Diggs, en av Taylors män
Lloyd Whitlock Schultz, en av Taylors män
Frank Puglia handstilsexpert
Erville Alderson handstilsexpert
Maurice Cass handstilsexpert
Henry C. Bradley Arthur Kim
Lew Davis (as Lou Davis) senatstjänsteman
Brooks Benedict senatstjänsteman
Robert Morgan senatstjänsteman
Neal Dodd (as Reverend Neal Dodd) senatsprästen
Robert Middlemass radiotalare
Alec Craig radiotalare
Harry Hayden radiotalare
Georgia Caine kvinnlig radiotalare
Frank M. Thomas Hendricks
Louis Jean Heydt talaren i en improviserad talarstol
Wade Boteler familjefar
George Lloyd buse
Joe Palma buse
Harry Anderson buse
Charles Regan buse
Jack Low buse
Robert Emmett Keane redaktör
Mary MacLaren översköterska
Olaf Hytten butler
Wilson Benge Hoppers butler
John Lester Johnson butler
Edward Thomas (as Ed Thomas) butler
Davison Clark utskottsledamot
Landers Stevens utskottsledamot
William Worthington utskottsledamot
Lloyd Ingraham utskottsledamot
Larry Steers utskottsledamot
Jesse Graves utskottsledamot
Georgia Cooper utskottsledamot
Kathryn Bates utskottsledamot
Florence Wix utskottsledamot
Gladys Gale utskottsledamot
Blanche Payson utskottsledamot
Jane K. Loofbourrow utskottsledamot
Catherine Courtney utskottsledamot
Bessie Wade utskottsledamot
Emma Tansey utskottsledamot
Eleanor Wood utskottsledamot
Hank Mann fotograf
Jack Cooper fotograf
Eddie Coke fotograf
Lynton Brent fotograf
Max Waizmann fotograf
John Ward fotograf
Jimmie Lucas (as James Lucas) fotograf
Joe Devlin uppassare
George Cooper uppassare
Eddie Brewer bartender/journalist i senaten
Ralph McCullough assisterande bartender
Hugh Brundage hallåman
Dave Willock senatsvakt
Roger Haliday senatsvakt
Myonno Walsh Jane Hopper, Hoppers dotter
Wilfred Hari tjänare
Fred "Snowflake" Toones städare
Charles Moore städare
Charles Sullivan taxichaufför
Arthur Thalasso dörrvaktmästare
Wally Dean en av Paines vänner
Anita Young en av Paines vänner
Frederick Vroom en av Paines vänner
Margaret Mann nunnan
Howard M. Mitchell (as Howard Mitchell) expedit i skoaffären
Harry Depp hattförsäljaren/sekreterare
Gino Corrado frisören
Ben Taggart pompös herre
Field Norton pompös herre
Wilfred Lucas pompös herre
Lafe McKee krigsveteran vid Lincolnmonumentet
Dickie Jones Richard Jones, hotellpojke
Layne Tom Jr. pojkscout
Ray Nichols pojkscout
Sammy McKim pojkscout
Phillip Hurlic pojkscout
Frank Bellan pojkscout
Billy Lechner pojkscout
Jack Low (as Jackie Lowe) pojkscout
Tommy Baker pojkscout
Bobby Larson pojkscout
Douglas Evans "Francis Scott Key"
Walter Sande piprökande tidningsman
Harlan Briggs Mr. Edwards, tjutande man
John Dilson sekreterare
Gayle Morris kvinna
Frances Gifford Hoppers dotter
Lorna Gray kvinna på stationen
Dorothy Comingore (as Linda Winters) kvinna på stationen
June Gittelson kvinna på stationen
Mary Gordon kvinna
Shirley Coates assisterande bartender
Henry Roquemore senator
Lester Dorr Taylors underhuggare
Tommy Bupp pojke som hurrar för Smith på möte
Gus Glassmire arg kommittéledamot
Frank Hammond
Frank Swales (as Frank Arthur Swales)
Constance Bergen
Beryl Wallace
Dorothy Short
Dorothy Dugan
Franz English
Hershel McMullin
Isabelle La Mal (as Isabelle LaMal)
Betty Roadman
Mary Currier
Jean Fowler
Arthur Stuart Hull
Phil Dunham
Broderick O'Farrell
Howard Chase
J.C. Fowler
Brandon Beach
Thomas A. Curran (as Thomas Curran)
Mitchell Ingraham
Clive Morgan

Companies

Production Company Columbia Pictures Corporation
Copyright Columbia Pictures Corporation 1939-10-10 LP9164
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Columbia Film AB 1939
Distributor in Sweden (buy video) Egmont Film AB 1996

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 60687
Date 1939-12
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 3559 meters


Censorship number 60687
Date 1939-12
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2970 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 3615 meter
Length in minutes 132 min
Reels 13 reels


Original work

Original title The Gentleman From Montana (Story)
Author Lewis R. Foster


Production location

1938-04-03 1938-07-07
Columbia Studios, 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Lincoln Memorial, National Mall Washington, District of Columbia USA
United States Capitol Washington, District of Columbia USA
Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Avenue NE Washington, District of Columbia USA
Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1939-10-17 Constitution Hall Washington D.C. USA 132 min
Release in Sweden 1939-12-23 Royal Stockholm Sweden 109 min
TV showing 1965-08-13 TV Sweden
1980-04-19 TV1 Sweden
1995-02-25 Kanal 1 Sweden
1995-07-02 TV2 Sweden
Video release 1996-06 Sweden 125 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2002-02-02
2002-02-20

Soundtrack listing

Original title Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
Composer David T. Shaw (1843)
Thomas A. Beckett (1843)
Lyrics David T. Shaw (1843)
Thomas A. Beckett (1843)


Original title Yankee Doodle


Original title My Country 'Tis of Thee
Lyrics Samuel Francis Smith (1831)


Original title Semper Fidelis
Composer John Philip Sousa (1886)


Original title The Star-Spangled Banner
Composer John Stafford Smith (1779-1780)
Lyrics Francis Scott Key (engelsk text 1814)


Original title For He's a Jolly Good Fellow


Original title Auld Lang Syne
Lyrics Robert Burns (dock ej första strofen)
Sung by kör


Original title Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Lyrics E.H. Chapin (dikten "The Ocean-Buried" 1839)


Original title When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Composer Louis Lambert (1863)
Lyrics Louis Lambert (1863)


Original title Taps
Composer Daniel Butterfield (1862)


Original title The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Composer William Steffe (osäker uppgift)
Lyrics Julia Ward Howe (1862)


Original title The Red River Valley


Original title Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
Composer Stephen C. Foster (1854)
Lyrics Stephen C. Foster (1854)


Original title Clementine


Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3542


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints 6
Behind the scenes prints 1
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio



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