You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You

Director: Frank Capra Cast: Dimitri Tiomkin
Dimitri Tiomkin
, Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur
, Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
, James Stewart
James Stewart
Frank Capra
You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You

Director: Frank Capra Cast: Dimitri Tiomkin
Dimitri Tiomkin
, Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur
, Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
, James Stewart
James Stewart
Frank Capra

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Overview

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 become a novelist because someone delivered a typewriter to her home by mistake. Penny's husband makes firecrackers in his basement with the help of Mr. DePinna (Halliwell Hobbes), an iceman who showed up at the Sycamore doorstep one day and never left. Their daughter, Essie (Ann Miller), imagines that she's a prima ballerina, even though her dour teacher, Boris (Mischa Auer), assesses her work with, "Confidentially, it steenks!" Essie's husband, Ed (Dub Taylor), who'd rather play a xylophone than work, spends his free time selling Essie's candy, wrapping each package in paper from a used printing press that dispenses anarchistic slogans. The one normal member of the household is Alice Sycamore (Jean Arthur), in love with wealthy Tony Kirby (James Stewart). Naturally, when the stuffy, aristocratic Kirbys come to the Sycamores' for dinner, the event is a disaster, capped with the arrest of everyone in the household. Hart and Kaufman's third act found the previously judgmental Kirby softening his attitude toward the freewheeling Sycamore clan, admitting that he's never had so much fun in his life. Screenwriter Riskin altered the focus of the play by throwing out the third act and concentrating upon Tony Kirby's father, Kirby Sr., who as played by Edward Arnold is transformed from a stock stuffed shirt into a ruthless, grasping tycoon, eager to buy up every house on the Sycamores' block to make room for a munitions plant. The film thus became the story of Kirby's regeneration at the hands of the carefree Sycamores. Enough of the play's screwball elements are retained to compensate for Riskin's speechifying and plot distortions (though the softening of one of the play's vital ingredients, Grandpa's refusal to pay his income tax, borders on the sacrilegious). You Can't Take It With You earned several Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director (Capra's third Oscar).

Product Details

Release Date: 12/09/2008
UPC: 0043396279773
Original Release: 1938
Rating: NR
Source: SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language: English
Time: 2:06:00
Sales rank: 4,854

Special Features

Closed Caption; Commentary by Frank Capra Jr. and author Catherine Kellison; Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Jean Arthur Alice Sycamore,Kirby's Office Aide
Lionel Barrymore Martin Vanderhof
James Stewart Tony Kirby
Edward Arnold Anthony P. Kirby,Reporter
Mischa Auer 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 Kirby
Lillian Yarbo Rheba
Clarence Wilson John Blakely,John Blakely
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson Donald(as Eddie Anderson),Porter in Bank,Donald
Josef Swickard Professor
Ann Doran Maggie O'Neill
Christian Rub Schmidt
Bodil Rosing Mrs. Schmidt
Dorothy Babbs Dance Teacher
Harry Davenport Judge
Eugene Anderson Jr. Bobby
Stanley Andrews Attorney to Kirby at Arraignment
Charles Lane Henderson
Wallis Clark Hughes
Dutch Hendrian Ice Man
Blanche Payson Matron
Gladys Blake Mary
Joe Bordeaux Taxi Driver
John Tyrrell Dopey
Anne Cornwall Blakely's Secretary
Chester Clute Hammond
John Ince Neighbor
Irving Bacon Henry
Vernon Dent Expressman
Sidney D'Albrook Trustee
Nick Copeland Barber
Walter Walker Mr. Leach
Ward Bond Detective
Jim Farley Police Sergeant
Wedgewood Nowell Man
Boyd Irwin Attorney
Laura Treadwell Mrs. Drake
Frank Shannon Mac
Eddy Chandler Plainclothes policeman
Ian Wolfe Kirby's Secretary
Dick Curtis Strong arm man
Lawrence Wheat Secretary
Lee Phelps Bailiff
Doris Rankin Mrs. Leach
James Flavin Jailer
Bill Lally Reporter
Margaret Mann Neighbor
Eddie Kane Kirby's Attorney
Pert Kelton Inmate
Paul Irving Office Manager
Alex Woloshin Russian General in Jail
Edgar Dearing Plainclothes policeman
Harry Hollingsworth Doorman
Edwin Maxwell Attorney
Edward Keane Board member
Byron Foulger Kirby's Assistant
Charles McMurphy Guard
Hilda Plowright Lady Melville
Edward Peil Sr. Neighbor
Dick Rush Bank Guard
C.L. Sherwood Drunk
Bruce Mitchell Policeman
Edwin Stanley Executive
Pat West Expressman
James Burke Detective
Major Harris Diner
Robert Greig Diner
Pierre Watkin Attorney
Edward Hearn Court Attendant
Kit Guard Inmate
Belle Johnstone Actor
Russell Hicks Attorney
John Hamilton Diner
George Pearce Actor
Charles Brinley Actor
Harry Stafford Bank Clerk
Alice Keating Actor
Ed Randolph Actor
Georgia O'Dell Actor
Dagmar Oakland Actor
Fred Parker Actor
Frances Raymond Actor
Bud Wiser Actor
Joe Bernard Actor
Al Seymour Actor
Tina Marshall Actor
Victor Travers Actor
Bert Starkey Actor
Harry Semels Actor
Jane Tallent Actor
Ernie Shields Actor
Rosemary Theby Actor
Starrett Ford Actor

Technical Credits
Frank Capra Director,Producer
Robert Riskin Screenwriter
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