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26 December 1938 (Denmark)
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You'll love them all for giving you the swellest time you've ever had! more
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A good-natured but decidedly eccentric family meets a new friend. full summary | add synopsis
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Won 2 Oscars.
Another 5 nominations
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(6 articles)
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Geek Deal: Columbia Best Picture Collection for $60
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(From FilmExperience. 17 November 2009, 11:05 AM, PST)
Geek Deal: Columbia Best Picture Collection for $60
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Welcome To A Home Where You'll Feel Loved & Wanted
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jean Arthur | ... | Alice Sycamore | |
| Lionel Barrymore | ... | Grandpa Martin Vanderhof | |
| James Stewart | ... | Tony Kirby | |
| Edward Arnold | ... | Anthony P. Kirby | |
| Mischa Auer | ... | Boris Kolenkhov | |
| Ann Miller | ... | Essie Carmichael | |
| Spring Byington | ... | Penny Sycamore | |
| Samuel S. Hinds | ... | Paul Sycamore | |
| Donald Meek | ... | Poppins | |
| H.B. Warner | ... | Ramsey | |
| Halliwell Hobbes | ... | DePinna | |
| Dub Taylor | ... | Ed Carmichael | |
| Mary Forbes | ... | Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby | |
| Lillian Yarbo | ... | Rheba | |
| Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson | ... | Donald (as Eddie Anderson) |
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126 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity Sound System)
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Ann Miller once said that doing the ballet moves for this movie were extremely painful and she would often be crying in between takes. She never told anybody the reason why and James Stewart, assuming she was upset about something, would have boxes of candy sent to her to make her feel better.
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Continuity: When the cab driver pulls up to ask Grandpa Vanderhof how is foot is, he goes from having one arm hanging out of the window to both arms between shots.
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Featured in Five Easy Pieces (1970)
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Gypsy Dance No.8
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Take a large free-spirited family without visible means of support. Add a large mean-spirited tycoon intent on taking over their neighborhood. Mix in a romance between their daughter & his son. Sprinkle with zaniness & bake for two hours. Enjoy while hot.
This is one of those big comedy productions with a huge cast that only someone like Frank Capra could have pulled off. That he did so, winning the 1938 Best Picture Oscar, is immensely to his credit.
Hobbling on the crutches that signaled the crippling arthritis that would soon confine him to a wheelchair, Lionel Barrymore is the focal point of the film as the grandfather of a wacky clan that believes in doing whatever makes them happy. So they dance, make fireworks, bake candy, paint, write novels, and construct toys with equal joy - laughing through the Depression with much love & great contentment. Jean Arthur, James Stewart & Edward Arnold co-star, with a mammoth cast of supporting players.
This is the movie for viewers who want to feel warm & safe & cuddled & protected.