You Can't Take It with You Page #3

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
2,700 Views


I'll be ready for them.

- Mother, will you taste a Love Dream for me?

- Not now. I'm busy.

Do you have to make candy today, Essie?

It's so hot.

Well, Ed went out

and got a bunch of new orders.

- How did it taste to you?

- lf this keeps up, you'll be opening a store.

That's what Ed was saying last night,

but I said no.

No. I want to be a dancer.

Finish your second act yet, Mrs. Sycamore?

No, I've got Cynthia

just entering the monastery.

I'll be right down, Mr. DePinna.

I just want to show my wife

these new firecrackers we made.

Penny, we can make up a lot of these

before the Fourth of July...

...and sell them for 10 cents a string. Watch.

Watch, Penny.

Nice, huh?

- Yes, Paul.

- Kids will go for those like hotcakes.

Mr. Sycamore, I'm afraid we've got

the powder chamber too near the balloon.

- Let's go down to the cellar and try it.

- Where's Grandpa? Let's ask Grandpa.

I ain't done nothing, but I'm sure tired.

You're always tired. From what?

You was born tired.

Here, you're just in time to set the table.

I don't see why I got to do your work

just because we're engaged.

- Donald, were you ever in a monastery?

- No, I don't go no place much.

I'm on relief.

Hello, Momma.

What do you say, Donald boy?

Well, I delivered all the candy.

Where's my beautiful wife?

Oh, lordy!

Here's a new one, Ed. Taste it.

- I'm calling it Love Dreams.

- Boy, you're a whiz.

Listen to this tune.

It's been ringing in my ears all day.

- Come on back a minute, Essie.

- What tune?

This is a beauty. You'll like this.

Let me turn the little do-jigger on.

I like that, Ed. Yours?

No, Chopin.

Well, it's got a lot of you in it.

What do you say there, Donald?

Well, you should have been there.

Everybody should have been there.

- Hello, Grandpa. How's your foot?

- How's my foot? Is that all I get?

Big class this year, Grandpa?

- How many were there?

- There must have been two acres.

Everybody graduated.

The speeches were funnier this year, too.

If you want to hear a good speech,

you ought to hear Father Divine.

Don't you worry. They'll have him there yet.

See if this sounds any better to you,

Mr. DePinna.

Mr. Poppins, excuse me.

This is my granddaughter, Essie,

and this is her husband, Mr. Carmichael.

Hello.

- What do you say, Mr. Poppins?

- How do you do?

Help yourself to a Love Dream.

They're on the table.

And this is my daughter, Mrs. Sycamore.

- This is Mr. Poppins, dear.

- How do you do?

Have a chair, Mr. Poppins.

Were you ever in a monastery?

In a monastery? Well, I...

What's the matter, Penny? Stuck?

Yes, I sort of got myself in a monastery

and I can't get out.

It'll come to you.

Remember how you got out of that jail?

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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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