You Can't Take It with You

Trivia

• Won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
• Won the Academy Award for Best Director.
• Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; Academy Award for Best Cinematography; Academy Award for Best Film Editing; Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay; and 1 more.
• In 1937, Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures bought the film rights of the original play for $200,000 ($3,589,000 in 2019).
• In reality, it was due to his increasing arthritis – earlier in the year he had been forced to withdraw from the movie A Christmas Carol.

Previous Showings

12 Runs • 6 Festivals

13,496 tickets sold

Original Billings: 1 run (December 23, 1938)

Original Run: December 23, 1938 (Friday - Wednesday)

All runs on record (12):

• December 23, 1938 (Friday - Wednesday)James Stewart
• March 9 - 11, 1990 · 2,625 ticketsw/ Broadway Bill
• April 5, 1990 · 152 ticketsw/ Lady for a Day
• January 26 - 27, 1991 · 1,053 ticketsw/ Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
• April 17 - 21, 1993 · 1,854 ticketsw/ The Life of Emile Zola
• May 16 - 17, 1997 · 1,569 ticketsw/ That Certain Thing
• October 26 - 27, 2002 · 925 ticketsFall Folliesw/ Duck Soup
• December 1 - 4, 2007 · 1,151 ticketsFall 2007 The Films of Frank Capra, plus other favoritesw/ The Younger Generation
• February 5 - 7, 2011 · 1,224 ticketsWinter 2011 Early Bette Davis, Val Lewton and morew/ Dinner at Eight
• February 7 - 9, 2014 · 1,158 ticketsFrank Capra Festivalw/ Ladies of Leisure
• June 5 - 6, 2019 · 478 ticketsJames Stewart Festivalw/ Bell, Book and Candle
• January 25 - 26, 2025 · 1,307 ticketsThe Films of Frank Capraw/ It Happened One Night

More

• Tile: You Can't Take It with You
• IMDb: You Can't Take It with You
• Wikipedia: You Can't Take It with You (film)