Comments on: Noctural Admissions: Reflection, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington http://asitecalledfred.com/2006/07/07/noctural-admissions-reflection-mr-smith-goes-to-washington/ Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:41:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lorna D. http://asitecalledfred.com/2006/07/07/noctural-admissions-reflection-mr-smith-goes-to-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-6334 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:41:53 +0000 http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/?p=545#comment-6334 s version." Are the screen plays in the book longer or shorter than the text of finished films? Have they been overly sanitized for 1940s readers ? Do you think the book is a useful resource? - Thank you!]]> I’m curious about the book you reference above, You wrote that the script for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington can be found in 20 Best Film Plays, edited by John Gassner and Dudley Nichols “in a cleaned up reader’s version.”

Are the screen plays in the book longer or shorter than the text of finished films? Have they been overly sanitized for 1940s readers ? Do you think the book is a useful resource? – Thank you!

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