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How many Academy Award nominations did Mr. Smith Goes to Washington receive?
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(From left) Unidentified, Gary Cooper, and Frank Capra on the set of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.
The 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, directed by Frank Capra, received 11 Academy Award nominations.12