Notable Film Fact(s):
This 1938 comedy film directed by Frank Capra was adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.
In addition to winning Best Picture, it also won Best Director for Frank Capra.
Actor Lionel Barrymore's infirmity was incorporated into the plot of the film. He was on crutches the entire movie, which was said to be due to an accident from sliding down the banister. In reality, it was due to his increasing arthritis.
Film Synopsis:
Tony (James Stewart), the eldest son of millionaire Anthony P. Kirby (Edward Arnold) and his snobbish mother (Mary Forbes), has fallen in love with a stenographer that works for Kirby, Alice Vanderhof (Jean Arthur).
She is the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, whom she lives with and a few extra misfits in a decaying old house. It's a building that just happens to stand in the way of Mr. Kirby's plans to construct an impressive office complex. But Grandpa Vanderhof refuses to sell. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things do not turn out the way Alice had hoped.
Director:
This 1938 comedy film directed by Frank Capra was adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.
In addition to winning Best Picture, it also won Best Director for Frank Capra.
Actor Lionel Barrymore's infirmity was incorporated into the plot of the film. He was on crutches the entire movie, which was said to be due to an accident from sliding down the banister. In reality, it was due to his increasing arthritis.
Film Synopsis:
Tony (James Stewart), the eldest son of millionaire Anthony P. Kirby (Edward Arnold) and his snobbish mother (Mary Forbes), has fallen in love with a stenographer that works for Kirby, Alice Vanderhof (Jean Arthur).
She is the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, whom she lives with and a few extra misfits in a decaying old house. It's a building that just happens to stand in the way of Mr. Kirby's plans to construct an impressive office complex. But Grandpa Vanderhof refuses to sell. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things do not turn out the way Alice had hoped.
Director:
Frank Capra
Producer:
Frank Capra
Screenplay:
Robert Riskin
Cast:
Jean Arthur
Lionel Barrymore
James Stewart
Edward Arnold
Mischa Auer
Ann Miller
Spring Byington
Samuel S. Hinds
Donald Meek
H. B. Warner
Halliwell Hobbes
Dub Taylor
Mary Forbes
Lillian Yarbo
Eddie Anderson
Charles Lane
Ian Wolfe
Ward Bond
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures
Release Date(s): 23 August, 1938
Running time:
126 minutes
My View Rating: **
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Producer:
Frank Capra
Screenplay:
Robert Riskin
Cast:
Jean Arthur
Lionel Barrymore
James Stewart
Edward Arnold
Mischa Auer
Ann Miller
Spring Byington
Samuel S. Hinds
Donald Meek
H. B. Warner
Halliwell Hobbes
Dub Taylor
Mary Forbes
Lillian Yarbo
Eddie Anderson
Charles Lane
Ian Wolfe
Ward Bond
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures
Release Date(s): 23 August, 1938
Running time:
126 minutes
My View Rating: **
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