You Can't Take It with You Page #2

Synopsis: The stenographer Alice Sycamore is in love with her boss Tony Kirby, who is the vice-president of the powerful company owned by his greedy father Anthony P. Kirby. Kirby Sr. is dealing a monopoly in the trade of weapons, and needs to buy one last house in a twelve block area owned by Alice's grandparent Martin Vanderhof. However, Martin is the patriarch of an anarchic and eccentric family where the members do not care for money but for having fun and making friends. When Tony proposes Alice, she states that it would be mandatory to introduce her simple and lunatic family to the snobbish Kirbys, and Tone decides to visit Alice with his parents one day before the scheduled. There is an inevitable clash of classes and lifestyles, the Kirbys spurn the Sycamores and Alice breaks with Tony, changing the lives of the Kirby family.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Frank Capra
Production: Columbia Pictures
  Won 2 Oscars. Another 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
PASSED
Year:
1938
126 min
2,692 Views


Seems to me, Mr...

"Poppins."

It seems to me, that is the kind of work

you ought to be doing.

Some day I am going to do nothing else.

Some day, when my ship comes in.

How'd you like to come over to our house

and work on your gadgets?

Over to your house?

- Well, I don't know. I thank you, but...

- Oh, go along. You'd love it.

Everybody over at our place

does just what he wants to do.

Really?

That must be wonderful.

- But how would I live?

- The same way we do.

The same way.

Well, who takes care of you?

The same one that takes care

of the lilies of the field, Mr. Poppins.

Except that we toy a little,

spin a little, have a barrel of fun.

If you want to,

come on over and become a lily, too.

A lily? Me? A lily of the field?

What's that?

Just a little something

Mr. Poppins whipped up.

Why, Mr. Poppins.

Ethel, come here. Take a look at this.

Alice, George, John.

- Did you do that?

- Isn't that clever?

Aren't you clever, Mr. Poppins?

Where is he, Miss Jones?

What's going on here?

Welcome, Mr. Vanderhof.

Come right into my office.

- No, thank you, Mr. Blakely. I'm going.

- Going?

- Hello, Mr. Hughes.

- How do you do?

What's happened?

You were all right last time I saw you.

One of my granddaughters dared me

to slide down the banister.

- Too bad, is it serious?

- No, just a sprain or something.

The thing I like most about it

is the crutches.

I've been wanting to walk on them

ever since I was a kid, haven't you?

Oh, yes, must be a lot of fun.

Well, Mr. Vanderhof,

I believe we understand each other.

Now, I'm ready to do business.

Say, that's a bad twitch in your eye.

You've been working too hard.

You ought to take a vacation.

If it's all the same to you, Mr. Vanderhof,

let's quit playing games.

I'm a very busy man.

A couple of weeks fishing

will fix up that twitch, Mr. Blakely.

I've got to go to the graduation exercises

over at the university.

Look, I have a check here for $100,000.

If you're interested...

- Have you been to one lately?

- No.

They're a truckload of fun.

You ought to hear the speeches.

I'd better be going. I'll be late.

Lookout for that twitch, Mr. Blakely.

Coming, Poppins?

I'd like to, but I don't think... I'd better not.

- Yes, sir.

- This is all your fault. You and your toys.

You...

Wait a minute, please.

If you leave, Poppins,

you needn't come back.

Wait, wait.

The die is cast.

I'm a lily.

Have some popcorn.

Did your grandpa go

to the graduation exercises, Miss Essie?

Guess so.

I wonder how many folks

Grandpa will bring home for dinner tonight.

I don't know. It all depends on

whether he goes walking in the park.

Well, let him bring them.

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Robert Riskin

Robert Riskin (March 30, 1897 – September 20, 1955) was an American Academy Award-winning screenwriter and playwright, best known for his collaborations with director-producer Frank Capra. more…

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