I wonder if Mr Smith Goes to Washington helped to inspire the college students who arranged for Wendell Willkie to be nominated for the GOP in 1940. As you may know --Willkie never ran in a primary and was a pure write in candidate. They went through huge amount of ballots and eventually he was chosen.
Willkie of course was not isolationist at a time when the GOP was very isolationist. He came close to winning, but more importantly he reshaped the GOP to be far more outward looking.
Given what Jimmy Stewart did in WW2, I always think Mr Smith was the sort of character he played from the heart.
I wonder if Mr Smith Goes to Washington helped to inspire the college students who arranged for Wendell Willkie to be nominated for the GOP in 1940. As you may know --Willkie never ran in a primary and was a pure write in candidate. They went through huge amount of ballots and eventually he was chosen.
Willkie of course was not isolationist at a time when the GOP was very isolationist. He came close to winning, but more importantly he reshaped the GOP to be far more outward looking.
Given what Jimmy Stewart did in WW2, I always think Mr Smith was the sort of character he played from the heart.