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Sidney Buchman has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1960s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
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After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. The naive and earnest new senator soon finds himself battling political corruption.
Dir. Frank Capra · With James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains
Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she's agreed to marry him. But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his fiancée has other plans & that is for Johnny to work in her father's bank!
Dir. George Cukor · With Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan

Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.
Dir. George Stevens · With Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman

Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?
Dir. Alexander Hall · With Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains

British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-La provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
Dir. Frank Capra · With Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.
Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison
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