It's interesting to note a resemblance to “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” from 1939. Journalist "Ann" (Barbara Stanwyck) finds herself out of a job when new management makes cuts at her newspaper, but before she leaves, she publishes a letter supposedly written by an ordinary citizen, "John Doe," threatening suicide on Christmas Eve at city hall. The resulting publicity leads her to concoct a plan: create a real perso…

It seems like folks who are easily taken advantage of can only really inherit what’s rightfully theirs when people start treating each other with kindness. Following his work on *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* and *Mr. Smith Goes To Washington* for Columbia, Capra left and created this third story about an ordinary man suddenly placed in a world of power where being taken advantage of is commonplace. As expected from a C…