You Can't Take It With You (1938) 8.0
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family. Director:Frank Capra |
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You Can't Take It With You (1938) 8.0
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family. Director:Frank Capra |
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Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jean Arthur | ... | ||
Lionel Barrymore | ... | ||
James Stewart | ... | ||
Edward Arnold | ... | ||
Mischa Auer | ... | ||
Ann Miller | ... | ||
Spring Byington | ... | ||
Samuel S. Hinds | ... | ||
Donald Meek | ... | ||
H.B. Warner | ... | ||
Halliwell Hobbes | ... | ||
Dub Taylor | ... | ||
Mary Forbes | ... | ||
Lillian Yarbo | ... | ||
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson | ... |
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
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.