History Theatre / YouCantTakeItWithYou

* ActorAllusion: Inverted. Kolenkhov says that Essie "stinks" at dancing. Essie was played by Ann Miller, a professional dancer.

''You Can't Take It with You'' is a 1936 PulitzerPrize-winning comedic play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, later adapted into a 1938 film starring Lionel Barrymore and JimmyStewart, and a forgotten 1987 syndicated television series.

* StarMakingRole: Jimmy Stewart had been working in Hollywood since 1935 but this was the movie that made him a big star.

The film won the AcademyAward for Best Picture of 1938, as well as Best Director for FrankCapra; it was Capra's third award in five years after previously winning for ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'' and ''Film/MrDeedsGoesToTown''. It was also something of a StarMakingRole for Stewart, who had been working in Hollywood since 1935 but saw his career really start to take off following this film. The movie does suffer from AdaptationExpansion--it has 153 characters as opposed to only 19 in the play.

* TwitchyEye: One of Mr. Kirby's minions, who is desperately trying to force Vanderhof to sell.

* StrawmanPolitical: Mr. Henderson, the IRS agent. When he interviews Martin about his 24 years of income tax evasion, at no time does he present a reasonably persuasive argument about paying taxes such as supporting the New Deal programs that unemployed people like Donald are using to get by. Instead, he blusters impotently about relative remotely aspects of government and tries to throw his authoritarian weight around.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: The Vanderhoffs.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Grandpa delivers a masterful one to Mr. Kirby while they're both in the drunk tank.

-->'''Grandpa''': You're an idiot, Mr. Kirby! A stupid idiot!

-->'''Grandpa''': Oh, yes I can! "Scum", are we? What makes you think you're such a superior human being? Your money? If you do you're a dull-witted fool, Mr. Kirby, and a poor one at that. You're poorer than any of these people you call "scum", because I'll guarantee at least they've got ''some'' friends. But you, with your jungle and your long claws, as you call them, you'll wind up your miserable existence without anything you can call a friend. You may be a high mogul to yourself, Mr. Kirby, but to me you're a failure. A failure as a man, a failure as a human being, even failure as a father. When your time comes, I doubt if a single tear will be shed over you. The world will probably cry "good riddance!" That's a nice prospect, Mr. Kirby, I hope you'll enjoy it. I hope you'll get some comfort out of all this coin you've been sweating over then.

* SlobsVersusSnobs: A central conflict (although the Vanderhofs are more bohemian [[CloudCuckoolander Cloudcuckoolanders]] than actual slobs), most notable during the dinner scene. The movie comes down pretty hard against the snobs.

--> '''Vanderhof''': You can't take it with you, Mr. Kirby, so what good is it?

The film won the AcademyAward for Best Picture of 1938, as well as Best Director for Capra; it was Capra's third award in five years after previously winning for ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'' and ''Film/MrDeedsGoesToTown''. It was also something of a StarMakingRole for Stewart, who had been working in Hollywood since 1935 but saw his career really start to take off following this film. The movie does suffer from AdaptationExpansion--it has 153 characters as opposed to only 19 in the play.

Set during The Depression, the plot is centered around the lives of the QuirkyHousehold of the Sycamore family. The household includes eccentric but kind patriarch Grandpa Martin Vanderhoff, his daughter Penny, an amateur playwright, her husband Paul, who is a fireworks engineer with his friend Mr [=DePinna=], and their two daughters Alice, the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]], and Essie, an amateur ballerina trained by a crazed Russian, Boris Kolenkhov, and wife of Ed, a printer and xylophone player. Also in the house is the SassyBlackWoman maid, Rheba, and her CloudCuckoolander boyfriend, Donald. The main conflict of the work involves Alice falling in love with Tony Kirby, and how Tony's wealthy banker father, Anthony P. Kirby and his snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match, especially after a disastrous Dinner Party where the families were supposed to become acquainted. Throw into the mix a drunken actress, Gay Wellington, an exiled Russian Countess, Olga Katrina, and various FBI and IRS agents, and you have a play beloved by High School drama clubs nation-wide.

* DinnerAndAShow

* QuirkyHousehold
* SassyBlackWoman
* SlobsVersusSnobs: A central conflict (although the Vanderhoffs are more bohemian [[CloudCuckoolander Cloudcuckoolanders]] than actual slobs), most notable during the dinner scene. The movie comes down pretty hard against the snobs.

''You Can't Take It with You'' is a 1936 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedic play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, later adapted into a 1938 film starring Lionel Barrymore and JimmyStewart, and a forgotten 1987 syndicated television series.

* PrettyInMink: Mrs. Kirby

* SlobsVersusSnobs: A central conflict (although the Vanderhoffs are more bohemian CloudCuckoolanders than actual slobs), most notable during the dinner scene. The movie comes down pretty hard against the snobs.

* SlobsVersusSnobs: A central conflict (although the Vanderhoffs are more bohemian CloudCuckooLanders than actual slobs), most notable during the dinner scene. The movie comes down pretty hard against the snobs.

The film won the AcademyAward for Best Picture of 1938, as well as Best Director for Capra; it was Capra's third award in five years after previously winning for ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'' and ''Film/MrDeedsGoesToTown''. The movie suffers from AdaptationExpansion The play had only 19 characters; there are 153 parts in the JimmyStewart film.

''You Can't Take It with You'' is a 1936 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedic play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, later adapted into a 1938 Academy-Award winning film starring Lionel Barrymore and JimmyStewart, and a forgotten 1987 syndicated television series.

The movie suffers from AdaptationExpansion The play had only 19 characters, there are 153 parts in the JimmyStewart film.

* PrettyInMink: Mrs. Kriby