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You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Passed | | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 29 September 1938 (USA)
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A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... Alice Sycamore
... Martin Vanderhof
... Tony Kirby
... Anthony P. Kirby
... Kolenkhov
... Essie Carmichael
... Penny Sycamore
... Paul Sycamore
... Poppins
... Ramsey
... DePinna
... Ed Carmichael
Mary Forbes ... Mrs. Anthony Kirby
... Rheba
... Donald (as Eddie Anderson)
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The stenographer Alice Sycamore is in love with her boss Tony Kirby, who is the vice-president of the powerful company owned by his greedy father Anthony P. Kirby. Kirby Sr. is dealing a monopoly in the trade of weapons, and needs to buy one last house in a twelve block area owned by Alice's grandparent Martin Vanderhof. However, Martin is the patriarch of an anarchic and eccentric family where the members do not care for money but for having fun and making friends. When Tony proposes Alice, she states that it would be mandatory to introduce her simple and lunatic family to the snobbish Kirbys, and Tone decides to visit Alice with his parents one day before the scheduled. There is an inevitable clash of classes and lifestyles, the Kirbys spurn the Sycamores and Alice breaks with Tony, changing the lives of the Kirby family. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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You'll love them all for giving you the swellest time you've ever had! See more »

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Comedy | Drama | Romance

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29 September 1938 (USA)  »

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$1,644,736 (estimated)
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The Broadway play "You Can't Take It With You" opened at the Booth Theater in New York on December 14, 1936 and ran for 838 performances. The original cast included Jess Barker as Tony Kirby, Margot Stevenson as Alice Sycamore and Henry Travers as Grandpa. Donald, played so memorably in this film by Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, was originally portrayed by Oscar Polk, who later played house servant "Pork" in Gone with the Wind (1939). See more »

Goofs

When Mr. Kirby wrestles Kolenkhov to the floor at the end of the movie, his glasses fall to the floor. In the next shot, as he sitting back in his chair, he is wearing his glasses again. See more »

Quotes

Anthony P. Kirby: Mr. Vanderhoff, you once told me I was a failure as a father.
Grandpa Martin Vanderhoff: Oh, I didn't mean that.
Anthony P. Kirby: I know, but I am.
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Connections

Version of Au théâtre ce soir: Vous ne l'emporterez pas avec vous (1978) See more »

Soundtracks

Polly Wolly Doodle
(uncredited)
Traditional
Music Arranged by George Parrish and Ben Oakland
Sung and danced by many in jail
Reprised by all at the end
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Hilarious and entertaining Capra classic
22 May 2000 | by – See all my reviews

You Can't Take it With You is a very funny and entertaining film. Bringing Up Baby is probably the only film that has ever made me laugh as hard as this one. James Stewart and Jean Arthur are magical together, just as they were in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. This is yet another great film by Frank Capra and was rewarded with an Oscar for Best Picture in 1938.

Stewart comes from a rich and completely uptight family. Miss Arthur is the only relatively sane member of a very wild family. Lionel Barrymore is wonderful as the grandfather here. He is so warm and funny in this movie, it's hard to believe he's the same man who played the evil Mr. Potter in It's A Wonderful Life. Edward Arnold who was known for playing slimy villians, is great as Stewart's very wealthy and totally stuck-up father.
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