You Can't Take It With You (1938)

	Ann Doran	Maggie O'Neill
	H.B. Warner	Ramsey
	James Stewart	Tony Kirby
	Mischa Auer	Boris Kolenkhov
	Harry Davenport	Judge
	Dub Taylor	Ed Carmichael
	Mary Forbes	Mrs. Anthony Kirby
	Lionel Barrymore	Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
	Edward Arnold	Anthony P. Kirby
	Jean Arthur	Alice Sycamore
	Charles Lane	Henderson
	Donald Meek	Poppins
	Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson	Donald
	Spring Byington	Penny Sycamore
	Josef Swickard	Professor
	Ann Miller	Essie Carmichael
	Samuel S. Hinds	Paul Sycamore
	Clarence Wilson	John Blakely
	Halliwell Hobbes	DePinna
	Bodil Rosing	Mrs. Schmidt
	Christian Rub	Schmidt
	Lillian Yarbo	Rheba

Director

Frank Capra

Producer

Frank Capra

Writer

Robert Riskin
George S. Kaufman
Moss Hart

Cinematography

Joseph Walker

Music

Dimitri Tiomkin

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby. His wealthy banker father, Anthony P. Kirby, and his snobbish mother, 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.

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As a junior in High School (1958) I played Mr. Kirby in the stage production by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The original production of the play premiered on Broadway in 1936, and played for 838 performances. In the play, Boris Kolenkhov, a Russian who escaped to America shortly before the Russian Revolution, lifts Mr. Kirby high over his head and slams Mr. Kirby to the stage floor. I was supposed to land on the floor with my feet hitting first (not my back), making a large noise. Pete B. played a Russian ballet master. While a strong boy, he was not always able to pull off the stunt; I had a sore back for weeks. What a blast!
In 2014 Richard & I saw You Can't Take It With You at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway with James Earl Jones. as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof. I was very disappointed. The performance was very flat, no gusto.