FUN FACT!
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU opened the same year as the Shorewood High School Auditorium!
You Can't Take It with You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart Opened on Broadway on December 14, 1936, running for 838 performances. This hit comedic play focuses on the zany, free-spirited Sycamore family and their interactions with a rigid, wealthy banking family. Alice Sycamore loves Tony Kirby, but worries her eccentric family of hobbyists and nonconformists will shame his wealthy, conservative parents. Through this story we learn that true success comes from pursuing happiness and doing what you love, not chasing money or social status. This crowd favorite won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. To this day it remains one of the most frequently produced plays in high schools and community theaters.
The movie You Can't Take It with You came out on September 29, 1938, in the United States, following a premiere in New York City on September 1, 1938.
The film was directed by Frank Capra and starred Jean Arthur, James Stewart, and Lionel Barrymore.
It Won Best Picture and Best Director at the 11th Academy Awards
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