You Cant Take It With You U

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Duration:
121 mins
Year produced:
1938
Director:
Frank Capra
Cast:
James Stewart
Jean Arthur
Lionel Barrymore

Based on a hit stage play, this Oscar-winning comedy classic explores the fireworks that occur when two mismatched families are thrown together. On the one side are good-natured eccentrics the Sycamores - on the other, the stuffy, self-important Kirbys. The two clans meet for dinner when humble secretary Alice Sycamore insists her wealthy fiancé Tony’s folks get to know her own relatives. Personalities, culture and class collide - but what Kirby Snr doesn’t realise is that Alice’s grandfather is the person standing in the way of his latest business project....

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Fascinating facts

Frank Capra was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1938 and was at the forefront of a union dispute amongst producers and directors that was threatening to disrupt that year's Oscar ceremony. Fortunately it was resolved in time for the President to walk off with 2 more Oscars to add to his collection.

You Can’t Take It With You was the first of three collaborations between director Frank Capra and actor James Stewart - the others being Mr Smith Goes to Washington and It’s a Wonderful Life.