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Adapted by Robert Riskin from the Pulitzer Prize -winning 1936 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, [5] the film is about a man from a family of rich snobs who becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
- Frank Capra
- Robert Riskin
Plot. You Can't Take It with You. Summaries. The son of a snobbish Wall Street banker becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family not realizing that his father is trying to force her family from their home for a real estate development.
With Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Edward Arnold. The son of a snobbish Wall Street banker becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family not realizing that his father is trying to force her family from their home for a real estate development.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Frank Capra
- 1938-09-29
Sweet-natured Alice Sycamore (Jean Arthur) falls for banker's son Tony Kirby (James Stewart). But when she invites her snooty prospective in-laws to dinner to give their blessing to the marriage ...
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- Jean Arthur
- Frank Capra
- Comedy
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Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A girl from a family of freethinkers falls for the son of a conservative banker. Cast & Crew. Read More. Frank Capra. Director. Jean Arthur. Alice Sycamore. Lionel Barrymore. [Grandpa] Martin Vanderhof. James Stewart. Tony Kirby. Edward Arnold. Anthony P. Kirby.
- Frank Capra, Arthur Black, C. C. Coleman
- Jean Arthur
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's whimsical Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway play You Can't Take It With You was transformed into a paean to populism by director Frank Capra and screenwriter Robert Riskin. This is the story of the zany Sycamore household, presided over by Grandpa Vanderhof (Lionel Barrymore), a former ...
Adapted by Robert Riskin from the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1936 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, the film is about a man from a family of rich snobs who becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.