Book Vs Movie: "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939)

<p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book Vs Movie:</strong> <strong><em>Mr. Smith Goes to Washington</em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The 1939 Classic Film Based on a Story by Lewis R. Foster and Starring Jimmy Stewart</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/60822/220px-Mr._Smith_Goes_to_Washington_1939_poster.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="449" /></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 2020 election season is over (finally!) and the Margos want to celebrate by talking about one of the most celebrated films about American politics ever made--</span><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Smith_Goes_to_Washington"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mr. Smith Goes to Washington</span></em></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. Director Frank Capra’s ode to decency and fighting the most difficult battles for America’s soul. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The story “</span><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Smith_Goes_to_Washington"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Gentleman from Montana</span></em></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">” (an unpublished story by</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_R._Foster"><strong>Lewis R. Foster</strong></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) was a fictionalized version of the life of Montana Senator Burton Wheeler who investigated then-President</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding"><strong>Warren G. Harding</strong></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">in 1921over the</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teapot_Dome_scandal"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Teapot Dome</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">scandal. That scandal involved (which involved oil companies, land deals, and payoffs) caused the first U.S. Senator to go to prison--Albert B. Fall and was considered the biggest D.C scandal of the 20th Century (until</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W