You Can't Take It with You
1938 film by Frank Capra · Released 1938
You Can't Take It with You is a 1938 American screwball romantic comedy film directed by Frank Capra, and starring Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, and Edward Arnold. Adapted by Robert Riskin from the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1936 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, the film is about a man from a family of rich snobs who becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family. The film was a critical and commercial success. At the 11th Academy Awards, the film received two: Best Picture (Outstanding Production) and Best Director for Frank Capra.
Cast ages at release (1938)
- Jean Arthur, as Alice Sycamore: 37–38
- Lionel Barrymore, as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof: 59–60
- James Stewart, as Tony Kirby: 29–30
- Edward Arnold, as Anthony P. Kirby: 47–48
- Mischa Auer, as Potap Kolenkhov: 32–33
- Ann Miller, as Essie Carmichael: 14–15
- Spring Byington, as Penelope "Penny" Sycamore: 51–52
- Donald Meek, as Poppins: 59–60
- Samuel S. Hinds, as Paul Sycamore: 62–63
- H. B. Warner, as Ramsey: 62–63
- Halliwell Hobbes, as DePinna: 60–61
- Dub Taylor, as Ed Carmichael: 30–31
- Ward Bond, as Mike: 34–35
- Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, as Donald: 32–33
- Ann Doran, as Maggie O'Neill: 26–27
- Charles Lane, as Wilbur G. Henderson: 32–33
- Harry Davenport, as the Night Court Judge: 71–72
- Clarence Wilson, as John Blakeley: 61–62
- Mary Forbes, as Meriam Kirby: 58–59
- Josef Swickard, as the Professor: 71–72
- Bodil Rosing, as Mrs: 60–61