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Show o "MR. SMITH" IS GREATEST CAPRA FILM "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," Frank Capra's latest Columbia hit, co-starring Jean Arthur and James Stewart, plays Sunday and Monday, February 25 and 26, at the Cameo Theatre. Hailed from coast to coast as Capra's Cap-ra's most brilliant screen achievement, achieve-ment, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" Washing-ton" is justifying that acclaim by shattering all records of previous Capra successes, which include "It Happened One Night," "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" and "You Can't Take It With You," adjudged the best pictures of their respective years. A gay, exciting, warmly emotional comedy drama, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" is enacted by a truly outstanding cast. In addition to Miss Arthur and Stewart, who share the romantic leads, Edward Arnold, Thorns Mitchell, Claude Rains, Guy Kibbee, Ruth Donnelly, Eugene Pallette, Beulah Bondi, Harry Carey and H. B. Warner play prominent roles. Many others of importance handle the story's record-breaking 168 speaking parts, and 43 impressive settings were utilized to show "Mr. Smith's" sudden ascent to fame and its unexpected consequences. "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" presents Stewart in the title role a sincere, idealistic young man who overnight becomes a national sensation. sen-sation. Miss Arthur is cast as secretary secre-tary to Stewart when the latter is appointed to fill an unexpired term in the United States Senate. Complications Com-plications both serious and comic crowd upon one another in swift succession, mounting to a climax that makes audiences want to stand I up and cheer. |