You Can't Take It With You

Starring: Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, et al.

Product Description

An eccentric patriarch meets the stuffy parents of his granddaughter's fiance. Oscars for best picture, director Frank Capra.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 043396279773
• Release Date: January 2008
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• Director: Frank Capra
• Starring: Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer, Ann Miller, Spring Byington, Samuel S. Hinds, Donald Meek, H.B. Warner
• Runtime: 2 hours, 7 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Black & White; Closed-captioned; DVD; Full Screen; NTSC; Original recording remastered; Subtitled
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Maudlin

Anthony P. Kirby (Edward Arnold) is closing the real estate deal of the century. All he needs to complete this is a small plot of land. Unfortunately, the eccentric Martin Vanderhof (Lionel Barrymore), who lives there, won’t sell. This is back in the days when there was no right of the domain for private construction. Anthony’s son Tony (James Stewart), the vice president, falls in love with his cute stenographer, Alice Sycamore (Jean Arthur). Sort of a “Dharma and Greg” thing. And just like in “Dharma and Greg,” all the members of her family seem a tad touched and preoccupied with doing their own thing. By now you have guessed it: the stenographer is the granddaughter of the eccentric hold-out. The fun begins when the two families meet and exchange different philosophies. There are lots of fireworks. Then a trap is sprung, netting the lot of them. During the sorting-out process, we get many long speeches. How will it all end? Do we learn anything in the process? So, we may conclude that “You Can't Take It with You” then again? Based on plays by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, you can see an overwhelming override by Director Frank Capra. Some of the same actors turn up in another Capra film, “It's a Wonderful Life” (1946).