1938 2h 6m Frank Capra

You Can't Take It with You

Name: You Can't Take It with You
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Released: 1938
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold

★ 7.8 IMDb

Romance Comedy Drama

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.

Writer Robert Riskin

Cast Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold

DP Joseph Walker

Production Designer Stephen Goosson

Music Dimitri Tiomkin

Essays and Criticism

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Won Academy Award for Best Picture