- Title Pages
- Also by Joseph McBride
- Dedication
- 1. “I felt nothing”
- 2. “I hated america”
- 3. “A terrible wop”
- 4. “Cap”
- 5. “I’m from Hollywood”
- 6. The Gag Man
- 7. “Marrying the harlot”
- 8. “The Man in the Street”
- 9. American Madness
- 10. “The catastrophe of Success”
- 11. “A Sense of responsibility”
- 12. “The doghouse”
- 13. “Columbia’s Gem”
- 14. “My ancestors couldn’t; I can”
- 15. “We’re the Front Office”
- 16. “That fellow Capra”
- 17. Liberty
- 18. “I have no cause”
- 19. “The Judas pain”
- 20. A Reputation
- Appendix
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Sources
- Filmography
- Index
- Plates
. “My ancestors couldn’t; I can”
. “My ancestors couldn’t; I can”
- Chapter:
- (p.401) 14. “My ancestors couldn’t; I can”
- Source:
- Frank Capra
- Author(s):
McBride Joseph
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
This chapter describes the making of the film, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The film began with a screen story by Lewis R. Foster called “The Gentleman from Montana,” the story of the disillusionment of a wide-eyed idealist after his appointment to the United States Senate. Capra claimed that when he read “The Gentleman from Montana,” he immediately envisioned Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur in the leading roles.
Keywords: Frank Capra, Mr. Smith, Gentleman from Montana
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- Title Pages
- Also by Joseph McBride
- Dedication
- 1. “I felt nothing”
- 2. “I hated america”
- 3. “A terrible wop”
- 4. “Cap”
- 5. “I’m from Hollywood”
- 6. The Gag Man
- 7. “Marrying the harlot”
- 8. “The Man in the Street”
- 9. American Madness
- 10. “The catastrophe of Success”
- 11. “A Sense of responsibility”
- 12. “The doghouse”
- 13. “Columbia’s Gem”
- 14. “My ancestors couldn’t; I can”
- 15. “We’re the Front Office”
- 16. “That fellow Capra”
- 17. Liberty
- 18. “I have no cause”
- 19. “The Judas pain”
- 20. A Reputation
- Appendix
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Sources
- Filmography
- Index
- Plates