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State of the Union - Frank Capra

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Directed by: 
Frank Capra
Story by: 
Russel Crouse
Howard Lindsay
Screenplay by: 
Myles Connolly
Anthony Veiller
Produced by: 
Frank Capra
Anthony Veiller
Release year: 
1948
Country: 
United States of America
Runtime: 
111min
Genre: 
Black-and-white
Romance Film
Political drama
Short Film
Drama
Music by: 
Victor Young
Tagline: 
How's the State of the Union? It's GREAT!
Plot: 
Kay Thordyke loves Grant Matthews and helps him become Republican nominee for President. The party machine begins to worry as Grant begins to speak for himself. At an important dinner his wife Mary condemns corrupt politicians and Grant learns to speak out even more boldly..
Cast: 
Spencer Tracy
as
Grant Matthews
Katharine Hepburn
as
Mary Matthews
Howard Smith
as
Sam I. Parrish
Margaret Hamilton
as
Norah
Charles Lane
as
Blink Moran
Angela Lansbury
as
Kay Thorndyke
Van Johnson
as
'Spike' McManus
Adolphe Menjou
as
Jim Conover
Raymond Walburn
as
Judge Alexander
Lewis Stone
as
Sam Thorndyke
Florence Auer
as
Grace Orval Drape
Irving Bacon
as
Buck Swenson
Maidel Turner
as
Lulubelle Alexander
Art Baker
as
Leith
(
Radio Announcer
)
Charles Dingle
as
Bill Nolard Hardy
Pierre Watkin
as
Senator Ed Lauterback
Patti Brady
as
Joyce Matthews
Georgie Nokes
as
Grant Matthews Jr.
Carl Switzer
as
Bellboy
Tom Fadden
as
Waiter
Tom Pedi
as
Barber
Don Anderson
as
Television Technician #1
Harry Anderson
as
Photographer #1
Stanley Andrews
as
Senator
Sam Ash
as
Editor #1
Frank Austin
as
Crackpot
David Bair
(
Minor Role
)
George Barton
as
Photographer #2
Brandon Beach
as
Editor #2
Anne Beck
as
Receptionist
Lennie Bluett
as
Page Boy #1
Jack Boyle
as
Photographer #3
Norma Brown
as
Cigarette Girl
Douglas Carter
as
Photographer #4
Maurice Cass
as
Little Man at White House Gate
Davison Clark
as
Newspaper Editor Crump
David Clarke
as
Rusty Miller
Frank L. Clarke
as
Joe Crandall
Gene Coogan
as
Photographer #5
Edwin Cooper
as
Bradbury
Fred A. Datig Jr.
as
Elevator Boy
Bert Davidson
as
Reporter #1
Boyd Davis
as
Doctor #1
Lew Davis
as
Reporter #2
Drew Demorest
as
Reporter #3
Helen Eby-Rock
as
Business Woman
Thornton Edwards
(
Minor Role
)
Franklyn Farnum
as
Congressman
Sam Finn
as
Reporter #4
Sig Frohlich
as
Page Boy #2
Joe Gilbert
as
Newsreel Cameraman #1
Herschel Graham
as
Assistant Cameraman
Jesse Graves
as
Jesse
(
Butler
)
Mahlon Hamilton
as
Businessman
Phil Harron
as
Reporter #5
Timmy Hawkins
(
Minor Role
)
Dell Henderson
as
Broder
Al Hill
as
Television Technician #2
Art Howard
as
City Official #1
Tor Johnson
as
Wrestler
Eddie Kane
as
Television Prompter
Jimmy Lennon
as
Reporter #6
Marion Martin
as
Blonde Girl
Frank Mayo
as
City Official #2
Frank McClure
as
Reporter #7
Charles Meakin
as
Editor #3
Russell Meeker
as
Politician #1
Freddie Miller
as
Labor Leader #1
Howard M. Mitchell
as
Doctor #2
Rhea Mitchell
as
Jenny
Ralph Montgomery
as
Reporter #8
Roger Moore
as
Photographer #6
Bert Moorhouse
as
Politician #2
Arthur O'Connell
as
First Reporter
Garry Owen
as
Brooklynite
Netta Packer
as
Nurse
Frank Pharr
as
Editor #4
Eddie Phillips
as
Television Technician #3
Francis Pierlot
as
Newspaper Editor Josephs
Stanley Price
as
Photographer #7
Ed Randolph
as
Reporter #9
Barry Regan
as
Reporter #10
Ellen Ross
as
Secretary #1
Henry Russell
as
Labor Leader #2
Marshall Ruth
(
Minor Role
)
Jerry Schumacher
as
Newsreel Cameraman #2
Charles Sherlock
as
Photographer #8
Robert Skelton
as
Reporter #11
Lew Smith
as
Photographer #9
Robert Spencer
as
Guard
Ted Stanhope
as
Reporter #12
Charles Sullivan
as
Television Sound Technician
Henry Sylvester
as
Butler
Frank Whitbeck
as
Trailer Narrator
Eve Whitney
as
Secretary #2
Dave Willock
as
Pilot
Wilson Wood
as
Photographer #10
Fred Zendar
as
Photographer #11

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