You Can't Take It with You (film)

You Can't Take It with You
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Capra
Screenplay by	Robert Riskin
Based on	You Can't Take It with You 1936 play by George Kaufman and Moss Hart
Produced by	Frank Capra
Starring	Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart Edward Arnold
Cinematography	Joseph Walker
Edited by	Gene Havlick
Music by	Dimitri Tiomkin
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	August 23, 1938 (1938-08-23) (int'l press preview)[1] September 1, 1938 (1938-09-01) (New York City)[2] September 29, 1938 (1938-09-29) (U.S.)
Running time	126 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	US$1,644,736 (est.)[3]
Box office	US$2,137,575 (U.S. rentals)[4] US$5,295,526 (int'l rentals)

You Can't Take It with You is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Capra, and starring Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, and Edward Arnold. Adapted by Robert Riskin from the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1936 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart,^[5] the film is about a man from a family of rich snobs who becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.

A critical and commercial success, the film received two Academy Awards, one for Best Picture and another for Best Director for Frank Capra. This was Capra's third Oscar for Best Director in just five years, following It Happened One Night (1934) and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936).