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Distinctions

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Academy Awards, USA 1939

 

Won
Oscar		 Best Picture
Columbia
Best Director
Frank Capra
Nominated
Oscar		 Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Spring Byington
Best Writing, Screenplay
Robert Riskin
Best Cinematography
Joseph Walker
Best Sound, Recording
John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD)
Best Film Editing
Gene Havlick


New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1939

 

2nd place
NYFCC Award		 Best Director
Frank Capra

Tied with John Cromwell for Casbah (1938), Michael Curtiz for Rêves de jeunesse (1938), ... More

 

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Le réalisateur Frank Capra

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Trivia

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Shortly before filming began, Lionel Barrymore lost the use of his legs to crippling arthritis and a hip injury. To accommodate him, the script was altered so that his character had a sprained ankle, and Barrymore did the film on crutches.
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Ann Miller was only 15 years old when this movie was filmed. Her character is called on to perform numerous (amateur) ballet positions, including the toe pointe, which was very painful for her. She hid this from the cast and crew but would cry (out of sight) off stage. James Stewart noticed her crying, though he didn't know why, and would have boxes of candy to make her feel better.
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The first James Stewart and Frank Capra collaboration.
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Lionel Barrymore plays Jean Arthur's grandfather in the film. In reality, he was only 22 years her senior.
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Whereas the play had only 19 characters, there are 153 parts in the film.
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The first film collaboration of Jean Arthur, James Stewart and Frank Capra. Later the same teamed up for Mr. Smith au sénat (1939).
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Lionel Barrymore would receive injections every hour to help relieve the pain of his arthritis.
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A 1938 feature film usually ran to 8,000 feet of film. Frank Capra shot 329,000 feet for this one.
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Shooting began in late April 1938 and took just under 2 months. The cost came in at one and a half million dollars.
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Frank Capra was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1938 and was at the forefront of a union dispute amongst producers and directors that was threatening to disrupt that year's Oscar ceremony. Fortunately it was resolved in time for the President to walk off with 2 more Oscars to add to his collection.
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This movie reunited Lionel Barrymore (Grandpa Vanderhof) and Donald Meek (Mr. Poppins) who had previously starred together in the movie, La marque du vampire (1935).
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The original play by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was still running on Broadway when the film opened.
 
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The only difficulty Frank Capra had was with Edward Arnold, who had a bad habit of repeatedly blowing his lines, which frustrated Capra and everyone else to no end. "But," said Capra in his autobiography, "if you could put up with that-and I gladly did-Arnold was a powerhouse on the screen."
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Debut of Dub Taylor.
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The first of only two Best Picture Academy Award winners to have been adapted for the screen from plays which won the Pulitzer Prize.
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Frank Capra first became aware of the play when he caught a performance of it when he was in New York in 1937 for the premiere of Les horizons perdus (1937). He tried to persuade Columbia boss Harry Cohn to buy the rights but Cohn refused, partly because he baulked at the prospect of shelling out what he considered to be the exorbitant sum of $200,000 for the rights, but mainly because he was still smarting from the lost battles he'd had with Capra over the final edit of Les horizons perdus (1937). Capra too was out of sorts with Cohn as he objected strongly to the Columbia boss trying to market the Jean Arthur film If You Could Only Cook (1935) in Britain as one of his own. A court case ensued, only being resolved in November 1937, with the proviso that Columbia buy the rights to the play and assign the project to Capra.
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Despite having to dance in pain throughout the making of the film, Ann Miller still found her experience "magical."
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When filming was completed, the word of mouth was so good that Columbia was confident enough to hold a massive international press screening prior to its release.
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The part of the Russian Countess Olga, working as a waitress in New York, was cut from the film version.
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The art director Stephen Goosson was kept very busy adding props to the living room set. Naturally, there are a few jokes found in the collection. Some of the more interesting pieces in the Vanderhof living room are; Alabama pennants (2), Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, and Ann Miller photos (3 of each actor), Anton Pavlovich Chekhov photo on mantel, bust of Dan Peggotty from David Copperfield on the mantel (as played by Lionel Barrymore), Dub Taylor photo, figurine of Micawber from David Copperfield, various figurines from the movie "Lost Horizon", bust of Frank Morgan, a Midland "jump-spark" cigar table lighter (similar to the model used in It's a Wonderful Life), and a wooden figurine sitting in front of the typewriter that is probably of significant relevance.
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Ralph Bellamy, then under contract to Columbia, directed a screen test for the xylophone player in New York. The player's test did not get him the part.
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The part of the drunken actress Miss Wellington was cut from the film.
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Frank Capra cast James Stewart based on his performance in Les cadets de la mer (1937).
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The Broadway play "You Can't Take It With You" opened at the Booth Theater in New York on December 14, 1936 and ran for 838 performances. The original cast included Jess Barker as Tony Kirby, Margot Stevenson as Alice Sycamore and Henry Travers as Grandpa. Donald, played so memorably in this film by Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, was originally portrayed by Oscar Polk, who later played house servant "Pork" in Autant en emporte le vent (1939).
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In the French-dubbed version made in 1938, the names of some of the characters were changed: "Anthony P. Kirby" (played by Edward Arnold) became "Alexandre P. Kirby"; "Essie Carmichael" (played by Ann Miller) was rechristened "Sylvie Carmichael". Similarly "Penny Sycamore" (played by Spring Byington) became "Jenny Sycomore"; "Ed Carmichael" (portrayed by Dub Taylor) became "Ned Carmichael" and finally Lillian Yarbo's character named "Rheba" in the original version was renamed "Rebeccah".
 
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Columbia paid $200,000 for the film rights to the play.

 

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External reviews

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User's reviews

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La critique d'Oskar Champs (fin)

And then, of course, James Stewart is always great to watch.  He has a very easy on-screen presence.  He seems to be completely comfortable in front of the cameras whether the situation is romantic, comedic, or dramatic.  One curious thing about his character, though:  James Stewart has a very slight southern drawl.  You hear it in nearly every role he  plays.  It doesn’t matter that none of the other actors who play his family in the movie have this accent.  But hey, it’s Jimmy Stewart, so I didn’t mind.

The movie is a feel-good movie.  By the end of the film, you end up liking all the characters.  You feel happy for all of them.  The bad guys become good, the young couple in love can get married, and everyone becomes friends.  And by the way… Did I mention that there are things in life that are more important than money?The plot is a simple one.  The son of a rich, stuffy, and ruthless business man falls in love with a girl from a poor, eccentric, and loveable family. 

Of course, the rich man wants to buy the poor man’s house, but the poor man cares nothing for money and will not sell.  But when the love-birds bring the two families together, there is an awkward culture clash that has pretty funny results.  As a matter of fact, I would even call this movie a zany comedy at times.  But there were also profound dramatic moments that made you feel for characters from both families.

Something else that caught my attention is the fact that most romantic comedies are somewhat predictable.  But this movie made me pause.  At the climax of the film, I couldn’t easily tell which way the story would go, and that gave more weight to the drama.  And did I mention that there are things in life that are more important than money?

Two supporting actors in the film who stood out to me were Spring Byington who played Alice’s mother, Penny Sycamore, and Dub Taylor who played Alice’s brother-in-law Ed Carmichael.  Byington played a mother who loved being artistic in any way that took her fancy, but a few of her off-the-wall lines almost made her seem like a loveable air-head. 

Taylor’s character was an amusing country bumpkin.  He is not particularly smart at times, but he is a good-hearted guy who obviously loves his wife, played by a fifteen year old Ann Miller. He also plays a mean xylophone!   They were both fun to watch.

This movie had a lot to offer.  It had comedy, drama, romance, big name actors, a good message, and a story that left me smiling when it was all over.  It was definitely worthy of the Outstanding Picture Award.

Interesting note:  In 1938 the country was still coming out of the Great Depression.  The message of the movie was probably very appealing to a lot of audiences.  There are indeed things in life that are more important than money.

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Edward Arnold : Anthony P. Kirby & 
Lionel Barrymore  : Grand-père Martin Vanderhof
 
 
 
 
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La critique d'Oskar Champs
You Can’t Take It With You – 1938
 
You Can’t Take It With You clobbered me.  It beat me over the head with a message… but I didn’t mind.  The message of this Outstanding Picture winning movie was:  There are things in life that are more important than money.  It is a very true statement, to be sure, and at times the message was so blatant and unrepentant that it bordered on being preachy.  But that being said, I really did enjoy the movie.
 
We’ll start off with the cast of actors.  Jean Arthur as Alice Sycamore, our kooky female romantic lead, Lionel  Barrymore as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof, Alice’s eccentric grandfather , Edward Arnold as Anthony Kirby, the stuffy business man, and a very young James Stewart as Tony Kirby, our other romantic lead.  Barrymore did a particularly good job as the head of the Vanderhof/Sycamore/Carmichael clan.  His character was very gentle, loveable, understanding, self-sacrificing, and charming, and yet human enough to lose his temper and really blow up at someone when driven to it.  Barrymore brought all this out quite believably.  Kudos to him.
 
Interesting note:  Barrymore’s arthritic foot was written into the script as a sprained ankle, allowing the actor to be on crutches for the entire film.
 

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