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| Directed by | Frank Capra |
| Produced by | Frank Capra |
| Screenplay by | Robert Riskin |
| Story by | George Kaufman Moss Hart |
| Starring | Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart Edward Arnold |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin Mischa Bakaleinikoff (uncredited) Ben Oakland (uncredited) |
| Cinematography | Joseph Walker |
| Editing by | Gene Havlick |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 23, 1938 |
| Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$1,644,736 (est.) |
| Box office | Rentals: $2,137,575 (US) $5,295,526 (world) |
You Can't Take It With You (1938) Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.[1] The cast includes James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore and Edward Arnold.
The movie won two Academy Awards from seven nominations: Best Picture and Best Director for Frank Capra. This was Capra's third Oscar for Best Director in just five years, following It Happened One Night in 1934 and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town in 1936. It was also the highest-grossing picture of the year.
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Alice (Jean Arthur), the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby (James Stewart). His wealthy banker father, Anthony P. Kirby (Edward Arnold), and his snobbish mother (Mary Forbes), strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things do not turn out the way Alice had hoped.
You Can't Take It with You won two Academy Awards from seven nominations: Best Picture and Best Director for Frank Capra.[2]
Its nominations included Best Supporting Actress for Spring Byington, Best Writing, Screenplay for Robert Riskin's script, Best Cinematography for Joseph Walker, Best Film Editing for Gene Havlick, and Best Sound, Recording for John P. Livadary.
You Can't Take it With You was adapted as a radio play on the October 2, 1939 broadcast of Lux Radio Theater with Edward Arnold, Robert Cummings and Fay Wray.
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