Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Frank Capra Run Time: 129 min. Release Year: 1939
Starring: Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, James Stewart, Jean Arthur
Join us for the heart and soul of our Fireworks At The Frida series, Frank Capra’s Mr. Smith Goes To Washington!
Sent to fill a Senate seat as a political pawn, Smith instead uncovers a web of graft and greed. What follows is a political trial by fire—and one of the most legendary speeches in film history. But for all its soaring speeches and small-town sentiment, Capra’s film is no naïve civics lesson; it’s a clear-eyed look at how power distorts purpose, and how standing alone can still mean something.
With brilliant support from Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, and a gallery of weary insiders and hopeful outsiders, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington is both timeless and timely—especially in a week devoted to wrestling with American identity.