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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington : Opening Sequence

Senator Joe Payne (Claude Rains) and Governor Hopper (Guy Kibbee) work with Jim Taylor (Edward Arnold) to find a new senator.

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dolly shot, eyeline match, fade-in, following shot, match on action, medium long shot, medium shot, opening sequence, over the shoulder shot, pan, shot/reverse shot, two-shot, wipe

Diversity in Media Representation

LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, White: White American

"Opening Sequence" in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Directed by Frank Capra, Columbia Pictures, 1939, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3805

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