You Can't Take It with You
Comedy
Romance
You'll love them all for giving you the swellest time you've ever had!
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
1938-09-01
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Cast
Director
Frank Capra
Jean Arthur as Alice Sycamore
Lionel Barrymore as Martin Vanderhof
James Stewart as Tony Kirby
Edward Arnold as Anthony P. Kirby
Mischa Auer as Kolenkhov
Ann Miller as Essie Carmichael
Spring Byington as Penny Sycamore
Samuel S. Hinds as Paul Sycamore
Donald Meek as Poppins
H.B. Warner as Ramsey
Halliwell Hobbes as DePinna
Dub Taylor as Ed Carmichael
Mary Forbes as Mrs. Anthony Kirby
Lillian Yarbo as Rheba
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Donald
Clarence Wilson as John Blakely
Josef Swickard as Professor
Ann Doran as Maggie O'Neill
Christian Rub as Schmidt
Bodil Rosing as Mrs. Schmidt
Charles Lane as Henderson
Harry Davenport as Judge
Irving Bacon as Henry (uncredited)
Ward Bond as Mike (uncredited)
James Burke as Chief Detective (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler as Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Anne Cornwall as Miss Jones (uncredited)
Nell Craig as Blakely's Inquisitive Office Worker (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing as Bill (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty as Police Guard at Courtroom Entrance (uncredited)
Robert Greig as Lord Melville (uncredited)
Kit Guard as Inmate Wearing Black Cap (uncredited)
John Hamilton as Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)
Edward Hearn as Court Attendant (uncredited)
Russell Hicks as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
Edward Keane as Board Member (uncredited)
Pert Kelton as Inmate (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
Frank McLure as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
James Millican as Policeman (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr. as Neighbor Helping with Move (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe as Kirby's Secretary (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews as Kirby's Arraignment Attorney (uncredited)
Johnny Arthur as Kirby's Office Aide (uncredited)
Frank Austin as Neighbor (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard as Neighbor (uncredited)
Beatrice Blinn as Neighbor (uncredited)
Charles Brinley as Neighbor (uncredited)
Betty Farrington as Neighbor (uncredited)
John Ince as Neighbor (uncredited)
Stella LeSaint as Neighbor (uncredited)
Margaret Mann as Neighbor (uncredited)
Tina Marshall as Neighbor (uncredited)
Fred Parker as Neighbor (uncredited)
George C. Pearce as Neighbor (uncredited)
Frances Raymond as Neighbor (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon as Neighbor (uncredited)
Gladys Blake as Mary (uncredited)
Stanley Brown as Newsboy (uncredited)
Gloria Browne as Child Dancer (uncredited)
Wallis Clark as Bill Hughes (uncredited)
Chester Clute as Hammond (uncredited)
Dick Curtis as Strongarm Man (uncredited)
Sidney D'Albrook as Trustee (uncredited)
Lester Dorr as Reporter (uncredited)
Gene Morgan as Reporter (uncredited)
Vernon Dent as Expressman (uncredited)
Kay Deslys as Woman (uncredited)
Florence Dudley as Woman (uncredited)
Almeda Fowler as Woman (uncredited)
Dagmar Oakland as Woman (uncredited)
Rosemary Theby as Woman (uncredited)
Oliver Eckhardt as Man (uncredited)
Jesse Graves as Man (uncredited)
Louis King as Man (uncredited)
Bob Kortman as Man (uncredited)
Cy Schindell as Man (uncredited)
Harry Semels as Man (uncredited)
Ernest Shields as Man (uncredited)
S.S. Simon as Man at Jail (uncredited)
Victor Travis as Man (uncredited)
Roland Dupree as Child Dancer (uncredited)
Edward Earle as Bank Manager (uncredited)
Jim Farley as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston as Worried Neighbor (uncredited)
James Flavin as Jailer (uncredited)
Byron Foulger as Kirby's Assistant (uncredited)
Carlton Griffin as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton as Guard (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin as Kirby's Arraignment Attorney (uncredited)
Eddie Kane as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
Frank Mills as Trustee (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell as Diner (uncredited)
Blanche Payson as Matron (uncredited)
Lee Phelps as Bailiff (uncredited)
Doris Rankin as Mrs. Leach (uncredited)
Frank Shannon as Mac (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley as Executive (uncredited)
John Tyrrell as Strongarm Man (uncredited)
Walter Walker as Governor Leach (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
Pat West as Expressman (uncredited)
Larry Wheat as Kirby's Secretary (uncredited)
Bess Flowers as Martin's Neighbor in Courtroom (uncredited)
Beatrice Hagen as Woman (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone as Prisoner (uncredited)