The ever-delightful Jean Arthur delightfully conveys to tyro Senator James Stewart how a bill is introduced to the US Senate. From, of course, “Mr Smith Goes to Washington” (1939, dir Frank Capra).

The ever-delightful Jean Arthur delightfully conveys to tyro Senator James Stewart how a bill is introduced to the US Senate. From, of course, “Mr Smith Goes to Washington” (1939, dir Frank Capra).

Chiefly because every video collection should include something from “Auntie Mame” (1958, dir Morton da Costa), but here the estimable Rosalind Russell is upstaged by Joanna Barnes as Gloria. The very semi-finals, mind you.