You Can't Take It With You: Best Picture 1938

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (Comedy - NR) PRODUCER: Frank Capra ABOUT THE FILM A comedy that chronicles the events when Arthur brings her conservative boyfriend home to meet her eccentric family. DIRECTED BY: Frank Capra (who also won the Oscar for direction).

THE CAST INCLUDES Jean Arthur (DIAMOND JIM, MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, TALK OF THE TOWN, A FOREIGN AFFAIR, SHANE) James Steward (AFTER THE THIN MAN, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, HARVEY, THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH, REAR WINDOW, SHENANDOAH, AIRPORT 77) Lionel Barrymore (DINNER AT EIGHT, GRAND HOTEL, YOUNG DR. KILDARE) Spring Byington / Nominated (LITTLE WOMEN, THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER, JEZEBEL, RINGS ON HER FINGERS, PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES) With Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer, Halliwell Hobbes, Ann Miller, Donald Meek, H.B. Warner, Dub Taylor, Eddie Anderson, and Harry Davenport. ABOUT THE PRODUCER The Producer-Director was Frank Capra (1897 - ?). He won the Academy Award for Direction three times: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (34), MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (36), and for YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (38). His other credits include: LOST HORIZON, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. NOTES & TRIVA During the thirties, he Moss Hart - George S. Kaufman Pulitzer Prize-winning play was one of the best comedies on Broadway. Steward and Arthur share a wonderful scene in a fancy restaurant. Followed nearly 50 years later as a TV series. OTHER NOMINATIONS Direction (*) Supporting Actress Writing Cinematography Sound Editing OTHER "BEST PICTURE" NOMINATIONS THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND BOY'S TOWN THE CITADEL FOUR DAUGHTERS GRAND ILLUSION JEZEBEL PYGMALION TEST PILOT GO TO: Next Year

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