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You Can't Take It with You

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You Can't Take It with You
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NR,2hrs 6min
Genres:
Comedy,Romance
Released:
August 23, 1938
Director:
Frank Capra
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures
Starring:
Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart  ...more
Synopsis: 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 businessman who has turned his back on commerce to enjoy life. At the Sycamores', everyone does just what he or she pleases. Penny Sycamore (Spring Byington), Grandpa's daughter, has ... Full Synopsis
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Richard Gilliam, AMG Review
You Can't Take It With You is a joyful celebration of good-natured people and unconventional lifestyles. In some ways, it presages the "do your own thing" philosophy of the 1960s, and it is easy to imagine free-spirited families of the '60s as creative descendants of George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's Pulitzer Prize-winning characters. The cast features some of the finest comic actors of its era. While ... Full Review
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Jean Arthur
Alice Sycamore
Lionel Barrymore
Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
James Stewart
Tony Kirby
Edward Arnold
Anthony P. Kirby
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Kitty Carlisle Hart, 96, April 17: The actress and socialite was a fixture in Hollywood and in New...
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