You Can't Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize winning comedic play in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, and was the basis for the 1938 Academy Award winning film directed by Frank Capra. The original production of the play opened at the Booth Theater on December 14, 1936 and played for 837 performances. Image File history File links 38A.gif‎ original movie poster source:www. ... This article is about the film director. ... This article is about the film director. ... George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 - June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, director, producer, humorist, and drama critic noted for his many collaborations with other writers and his contributions to 20th century American comedy. ... Moss Hart (October 24, 1904 – December 20, 1961) was an American playwright and director of plays and musical theater. ... Robert Riskin (March 30, 1897–September 20, 1955) was an American screenwriter and playwright, best known for his collaborations with director-producer Frank Capra. ... Jean Arthur (October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991) was an American actress. ... Lionel Barrymore Herbert Lionel Blyth (April 28, 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 15, 1954 in Van Nuys, California) was an American actor of stage, radio and film. ... Brigadier General James Maitland Jimmy Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his self-effacing screen persona. ... The Columbia Pictures logo from 1993 to the present Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ... August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918. ... George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 - June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, director, producer, humorist, and drama critic noted for his many collaborations with other writers and his contributions to 20th century American comedy. ... Moss Hart (October 24, 1904 – December 20, 1961) was an American playwright and director of plays and musical theater. ... See also: 1937 in film 1937 1939 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January — MGM announces that Judy Garland would be cast in the role of Dorothy in the upcoming Wizard of Oz motion picture. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... This article is about the film director. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Play Synopsis

Overview

At first the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before you realize that if they are mad, then the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to these delightful people are the unhappy Kirbys. Tony, the attractive young son of the Kirbys, falls in love with Alice Sycamore and brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore house on the wrong evening. The shock sustained by Mr. and Mrs. Kirby, who are invited to eat cheap food, shows Alice that marriage with Tony is out of the question. The Sycamores find it hard to realize Alice's view. Tony knows the Sycamores live the right way with love and care for each other, while his own family is the one that's crazy. In the end, Mr. Kirby is converted to the happy madness of the Sycamores (particularly because he happens in during a visit by the ex-Grand Duchess of Russia Olga Katrina, who is currently earning her living as a waitress)..

Act One

The story takes place entirely in the large house of a slightly batty New York City family. Various characters in the lives of the Vanderhof/Sycamore clan are introduced in the first act. Nickname: Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1625 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area  - City  468. ...

The patriarch of the family, Grandpa Vanderhof, is an eccentric old man who hunts snakes and has never paid his income tax. Penelope "Penny" Vanderhof Sycamore is his daughter (a writer of sex-filled melodrama plays), who is married to Paul Sycamore, a tinkerer who manufactures fireworks in the basement with the help of his assistant Mr. De Pinna. One of Paul and Penny's two daughters is Essie Sycamore Carmichael, a childish candymaker who dreams of being a ballerina (but in reality is terrible at dancing). Essie is married to Ed Carmichael, a xylophone player who lives with them and helps distribute Essie's candies along with pamphlets. Ed is an amateur printer who prints anything that sounds good to him. Paul and Penny's other daughter Alice Sycamore is quite obviously the only "normal" family member. She has an office job and is rather embarrassed by the eccentricities of her family, yet deep down, she still loves them. In addition, the Vanderhof/Sycamore clan employs a black maid Rheba, who is engaged to an idiot, Donald, also black. For other senses, see Patriarch (disambiguation). ... An income tax is a tax levied on the financial income of persons, corporations, or other legal entities. ... Poster for The Perils of Pauline (1914). ... Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1943 to 1960 and prima ballerina assoluta from 1960 to 1990. ... Kulintang a Kayo, a Philippine xylophone The xylophone (from the Greek meaning wooden sound) is a musical instrument in the percussion family which probably originated in Indonesia. ... The word printer is used to describe a company that provides commercial printing services, involving typesetting, printing and book-binding. ...

The real action begins when Essie tells Grandpa Vanderhof that some letters arrived for him from the "United States Government," but that she misplaced them. Shortly afterwards, Alice comes home and announces that she has fallen in love with a young man whom she works with, Tony Kirby, the son of the company's executive. Before going upstairs to change, Alice tells her family that he will be coming over shortly to take her on a date. The entire family is still joyfully discussing her boyfriend when the doorbell rings. Penny answers the door and greets the man standing there, thinking he must be Tony, but only upon forcing the stranger to shake hands with the entire family do they realize that he is not Alice's boyfriend: he is a tax investigator.

His name is Wilbur C. Henderson, and he is investigating Grandpa for his evasion of income tax. When Henderson asks Grandpa why he owed twenty-four years of back income tax, Grandpa states he never believed in it, and that the government wouldn't know what to do with the money if he did pay it. Henderson becomes infuriated by Grandpa's answers to his questions. Henderson spots Grandpa's snakes, and runs out of the house in fear, but not before promising Grandpa that he will hear, one way or another, from the United States government. An income tax is a tax levied on the financial income of persons, corporations, or other legal entities. ...

Shortly afterwards, Mr. Boris Kolenkhov, Essie's extremely Russian ballet instructor, arrives and makes chitchat with the family, complaining of how his friend, the Grand Duchess Olga Katrina, was thrown out of Russia after the Revolution. In the middle of Essie's lesson, the real Tony Kirby arrives, and Alice is nervous that her eccentric family will scare him away, so she promptly leaves with him on their date. The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. ...

Later that night, Alice and Tony come back very late from their date and sit by the fire, drinking wine. Though it is revealed that they both love each other very, very much, Alice has doubts as to whether a marriage of Tony and Alice's families could ever work out fine. Tony insists that, if they love each other, it shouldn't matter, but Alice ignores him and tearfully shouts that it just would never work. She divulges how Grandpa could have been "a very rich man," but instead, he had an epiphany one day and rode the elevator right back down to the lobby of his building and quit work. Alice explains that her family is too odd to get along with any other.

In the course of their conversation, which is interrupted by Essie and Ed (who come home from a Ginger Rogers/Fred Astaire movie) at one point, Tony wins Alice over, and they agree to get married. Paul comes up from the basement and tells Alice to watch his latest firework masterpiece, and she lovingly says: "It's the most beautiful red fire in the world..." Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress and singer. ... Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska,[1] was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. ...

Act Two

The second act takes place a few days later. Alice has invited Tony, his father, and his mother over for dinner tomorrow night, and it is the only thing on the entire family's mind. Alice runs around the house telling her family to try to act as normal as possible. Penny has brought actress Gay Wellington over to read over Penny's latest play, but Gay becomes very drunk, and passes out onto the living room couch. Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

Ed returns from distributing Essie's candies with news that he is being followed by someone. When Donald looks out the window, no one is there. Ed resumes printing leaflets. Paul and Mr. De Pinna are downstairs the whole time making fireworks. Penny recalls her days as a painter, and immediately remembers that she never finished her painting of Mr. De Pinna as a discus thrower. She calls Mr. De Pinna up from the basement and orders him into costume so she may finish her masterpiece. A leaflet in botany is a part of a compound leaf. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

At the same time, Mr. Kolenkhov arrives and begins Essie's ballet lesson. Ed provides accompanying music on the xylophone. Rheba runs in and out of the kitchen cleaning. Grandpa takes this time to practice darts and feed the snakes. In the midst of all this hullabaloo, Tony appears in the doorway with Mr. Kirby and Mrs. Kirby. Before them is the entire eccentric spectacle. Apparently, Tony has forgotten for which night dinner was planned, and Alice is incredibly embarrassed.

Penny tells Alice not to worry, and that they can manage a nice dinner easily. She gives a list of things to Donald and tells him to run down to the store. Grandpa tries desperately to keep the party normal and under control for the sake of his daughter. Mr. Kirby reveals himself to be a very straightlaced fat-cat, who owns yachts so that he may relax and raises orchids as a hobby. Grandpa thinks that Mr. Kirby is not a truly happy man, but Mr. Kirby insists that he is just fine with his plot in life. Mr. Kirby investigates a child's model and finds it is Paul's "hobby." Mr. Kolenkhov brings up that the Roman hobby was wrestling, and demonstrates on Mr. Kirby (to much ado.) Mrs. Kirby tells them that her true passion is spiritualism, to which Penny replies, "We all know that's a fake." To say it concisely, the conversation is a fiasco. A yacht was originally defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used to convey important persons. ... Orchid re-directs here; for alternate uses see Orchid (disambiguation) Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ... Ancient Greek wrestlers (Pankratiasts) Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two competitors competing for a physical advantage. ... By 1853, when the popular song Spirit Rappings was published, Spiritualism was the object of intense curiosity. ...

To pass the time, Penny suggests they play a free association game. Alice knows what is coming and immediately tries to quash the suggestions, but Penny shrugs her off and instructs everyone to write down the first thing that "pops" into their heads after she says certain words. A Free Association is an association which meets certain mostly negative criteria. ...

Penny offers the words "potato, bathroom, lust, honeymoon, and sex." Penny reads Mr. Kirby's list first, with reactions of, respectively: "steak, toothpaste, unlawful, trip, male." Mrs. Kirby's list, however, causes much controversy. "Starch" is her response to potatoes, which is not that bad, but her response for "bathroom" is "Mr. Kirby," and she explains how rude it is that he hogs the bathroom in the morning. Her response to "lust" is "human," claiming it is a perfectly human emotion. Mr. Kirby disagrees, saying "it is depraved." "Honeymoon"'s reply is "dull," as Mrs. Kirby explains that there was "nothing to do at night." The shocker comes when Mrs. Kirby says her reply to "sex" was "Wall Street." She at first claims she doesn't know what she meant by it, but once provoked she yells at Mr. Kirby "You're always talking about Wall Street, even when--" and then stops. A honeymoon is the traditional trip taken by newlyweds to celebrate their marriage. ... Elaborate marble facade of NYSE as seen from the intersection of Broad and Wall Streets For other uses, see Wall Street (disambiguation). ...

The entire family knows what has happened, and Mr. Kirby and Mrs. Kirby are so embarrassed that they order Tony home with them immediately. Tony refuses to go. Alice agrees with Tony's parents, but Tony insists they stay. Grandpa offers his opinion, but before anyone can do anything, federal agents overrun the house. The head agent tells them that Ed's pamphlets, on which he prints anything that "sounds nice," read "DYNAMITE THE CAPITOL," "DYNAMITE THE WHITE HOUSE," "DYNAMITE THE SUPREME COURT." Grandpa tries to explain to the head agent, but he informs them they are all under arrest. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), serving as both a federal criminal investigative body and a domestic intelligence agency. ... Dynamite is an explosive based on the explosive potential of nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth (kieselguhr) as an adsorbent. ...

The agents discover enormous amounts of gunpowder in the basement and think it is for dynamiting Washington, so Paul and Mr. De Pinna rush down to save the fireworks. Meanwhile, the agents bring down Gay Wellington from upstairs, and she begins singing drunkenly. Alice and Tony cling to each other while the family argues with the agents. The fireworks go off. Act II ends with the entire house in an uproar. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Blackpowder. ... Nickname: Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack...

Act Three

The next day, Donald and Rheba sit in the kitchen reading the paper. The entire family was arrested. Mr. Kirby's presence during the arrest has caused scandal on Wall Street.

Alice has decided to leave home forever and never come back. She was truly in love with Tony, and her family ruined her chances of ever falling in love, and for doing that, she can never forgive them. Penny keeps trying to tell Alice to stay, but Grandpa knows that Alice cannot be swayed.

Tony arrives and tries to convince Alice not to leave home. Instead, Alice begins to cry and shouts that she hates her entire family.

Soon, Mr. Kolenkhov appears with the Grand Duchess Olga Katrina, in all of her former glory. The grand duchess soon goes into the kitchen to cook the dinner for the family.

Mr. Kirby arrives to pick up Tony and to settle his score with Grandpa Vanderhof. Soon, Mr. Kirby and Tony get into a heated argument, the pinnacle of which finds Tony screaming that he purposely brought his family on the wrong night. He explains that he wanted each family to see each as they really were, that Alice's idea of a planned party was ridiculous. Grandpa Vanderhof jumps in and, with the family's help, persuades Kirby that his life is not as it should. Grandpa accuses Mr. Kirby of wasting his life by doing things he does not want to do. Mr. Kirby puts up a big fight, with several valid points... but eventually succumbs. He is changed, and accepts the Vanderhof view of life.

The play comes to a conclusion as the family, along with Tony and Mr. Kirby, sit down to dinner with the Grand Duchess. Grandpa says a touching prayer, and then they jump into the food.

Characters

In order of appearance

• Penelope Sycamore
  • Mother of Essie and Alice, wife of Paul, and daughter of Martin. She writes plays and paints as hobbies but is terrible at both. She never finishes any job she starts.
• Essie Carmichael
  • Wife of Ed, daughter of Penelope and Paul Sycamore, Grand-daughter of Martin, sister of Alice. She is childish. As a hobby she makes candy that Ed sells. Essie dreams of being a ballerina. She has spent 8 years studying with Boris Kolenkhov but in reality is terrible at dancing.
• Rheba
  • The black maid and cook to the Sycamore family. She is dating Donald. In the words of Mrs. Sycamore, "The two of them are really cute together, something like Porgy and Bess."
• Paul Sycamore
  • Father of Essie and Alice, husband of Penelope, Son-in-law of Martin. He is a tinkerer who manufactures fireworks in the basement with the help of his assistant Mr. De Pinna. His hobby is playing with erector sets.
• Mr. DePinna
  • The ice man who came inside to speak to Paul and never left. He helps Mr. Sycamore build fireworks, and moonlights as a model in Mrs. Sycamore's paintings.
• Ed Carmichael
  • Husband of Essie, son-in-law of Paul and Penelope. He is a xylophone player, and helps distribute Essie's candies. Ed is an amateur printer who prints anything that sounds good to him. He prints up dinner menus for his family and little quotes that he places in the boxes of Essie's candy. Those quotes get the whole family in big trouble.
• Donald
  • The black boyfriend of Rheba. In the words of Mrs. Sycamore, "The two of them are really cute together, something like Porgy and Bess." He loves cornflakes.
• Martin Vanderhof
  • Referred to mostly as Grandpa in the play. Father-in-law to Paul, father of Penelope, grandfather of Alice and Essie. He is an eccentric old man who hunts snakes and has never paid his income tax because he doesn't believe in it. He lives his life by the philosophy, don't do anything that you're not going to enjoy doing.
• Alice Sycamore
  • Fiancee of Tony Kirby, daughter of Paul and Penelope, Grand-daughter of Martin, sister of Essie. She the only "normal" family member. She has an office job, and is rather embarrassed by the eccentricities of her family, yet deep down, she still loves them.
• Henderson
  • An employee of the IRS. He comes to collect the tax money owed by Martin, and can't understand why Martin won't pay income tax.
• Tony Kirby
  • Fiancé of Alice, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Kirby. He sees how even though the Sycamores appear odd, they are really the perfect family because they love and care about each other. His own family is very proper and has many issues none of them will admit. He tries to show his parents how the Sycamores are a good family.
• Boris Kolenkhov
  • A Russian who escaped to America shortly before the revolution. He is very concerned with world politics, and the deterioration of Russia. He is friends with many ex Russian leaders including the Grand Duchess Olga Katrina. He is the ballet instructor of Essie, he knows she's not good at dancing, but knows that she enjoys dancing so he keeps working with her. He has a very renaissance attitude, meaning he likes the Greeks and the Romans, questions society, and is interested in world affairs.
• Gay Wellington
  • An actress who Mrs. Sycamore meets on a bus and invites home to read one of her plays. She is very drunk and passes out shortly after arriving at the Sycamore's home.
• Mr. Kirby
  • Husband of Mrs. Kirby, father of Tony. He is a very stuck up man who works at Wall Street and secretly despises his job. His hobby is raising expensive orchids.
• Mrs. Kirby
  • Wife of Mr. Kirby, mother of Tony. She is a very prim and proper woman. She stays up with the fads of the times. Her hobby is spiritualism.
• FBI Agent 1
  • One of three agents who come to investigate Ed because of the communist things he prints up.
• FBI Agent 2 (Jim)
  • One of three agents who come to investigate Ed because of the communist things he prints up.
• FBI Agent 3 (Mac)
  • One of three agents who come to investigate Ed because of the communist things he prints up.
• The Grand Duchess Olga Katrina
  • She was the Grand Duchess of Russia before the revolution. Since then she has been forced to flee to America where she has found work as a waitress. The rest of her family has had a similar fate. She loves to cook for a hobby.

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Academy Awards

The movie won two Academy Awards from seven nominations: Best Picture, and Best Director for Frank Capra. This was Capra's third academy award for Best Director in just five years, following It Happened One Night in 1934 and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town in 1936. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ... The Academy Award for Directing is an accolade given to the person that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences feels was best director of the past year. ... It Happened One Night is a 1934 romantic comedy directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her fathers thumb, and falls in love with a roguish reporter (Clark Gable). ... Mr. ...

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External link

• You Can't Take It with You at the Internet Movie Database
• You Can't Take It with You at the TCM Movie Database