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digitalpubliclibraryofamerica:
It’s an election year, so this Black History Month, here’s a throwback to Hiram R. Revels, the first African American to serve in the United States Senate in 1870, pictured here with his family.
Image from the @schomburgcentervia@nypl.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Regia/Directed by: Frank Capra
Sceneggiatura/Screenplay by: Sidney Buchman, Myles Connolly (uncredited). Based on “The Gentleman from Montana”, (unpublished story) by Lewis R. Foster
Montaggio/Edited by: Gene Havlick, Al Clark
Fotografia/Cinematography: Joseph Walker
Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
Metacritic: 73
IMDb: 8,1
Letterboxd: 4.0
Anno/Year: 1939
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