You Can't Take It With You

You Can't Take It With You

Comedy 1938 2 hr 1 min

Sweet-natured Alice Sycamore (Jean Arthur) falls for banker's son Tony Kirby (James Stewart). But when she invites her snooty prospective in-laws to dinner to give their blessing to the marriage, Alice's peculiar extended family -- including philosophical grandfather Martin Vanderhof (Lionel Barrymore), hapless fledgling ballerina sister Essie (Ann Miller) and fireworks enthusiast father, Paul (Samuel S. Hinds) -- might be too eccentric for the staid Kirbys.

Comedy 1938 2 hr 1 min

NR

Starring Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart

Director Frank Capra

You Can't Take It With You

Jean Arthur

Alice Sycamore
Lionel Barrymore

Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
James Stewart

Tony Kirby
Edward Arnold

Anthony P. Kirby
Mischa Auer

Boris Kolenkhov

About

You Can't Take It With You

COMEDY

Sweet-natured Alice Sycamore (Jean Arthur) falls for banker's son Tony Kirby (James Stewart). But when she invites her snooty prospective in-laws to dinner to give their blessing to the marriage, Alice's peculiar extended family -- including philosophical grandfather Martin Vanderhof (Lionel Barrymore), hapless fledgling ballerina sister Essie (Ann Miller) and fireworks enthusiast father, Paul (Samuel S. Hinds) -- might be too eccentric for the staid Kirbys.

Kid-friendly Capra classic stars a quirky family.

Average 7.4
Reviews 78
Fresh 73
Rotten 5

Information

Studio: Columbia Pictures Corporation; Puck Films, Ltd.
Released: 1938
Run Time: 2 hr 1 min
Rated: NR
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)
Subtitles: English (CC), and 19 more...

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.