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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington : How to Propose a Bill

Clarissa Saunders (Jean Arthur) and Jeff Smith (James Stewart) draft a bill proposing a boys' camp for the Senate.

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acting, close-up, following shot, match on action, medium close-up, medium long shot, medium shot, music, nondiegetic, over the shoulder shot, pan, shot/reverse shot, soft focus, soft lighting, three-point lighting, two-shot, wipe

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

"How to Propose a Bill" in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Directed by Frank Capra, Columbia Pictures, 1939, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3809

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