You Can't Take It With You

1938 film by Frank Capra
Movie film Q637835
You Can't Take It With You
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Summary

You Can't Take It With You is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,830 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Picture[3], Academy Award for Best Director[4]
  • Director: Frank Capra[5]
  • Screenwriter: Robert Riskin[6]
  • Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin[7]
  • Genre: romantic comedy[8]
  • Cast member: Jean Arthur[9], Lionel Barrymore[10], James Stewart[11], Edward Arnold[12], Mischa Auer[13], Ann Miller[14], Spring Byington[15], Donald Meek[16], Samuel S. Hinds[17], H. B. Warner[18], Halliwell Hobbes[19], Dub Taylor[20], Ward Bond[21], Eddie "Rochester" Anderson[22]
  • Producer: Frank Capra[23]
  • Production company: Columbia Pictures[24]
  • Director of photography: Joseph Walker[25]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[26]
  • Commons category: You Can't Take It with You (film)[27]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[28]
  • Review score: 7.5/10[29], 94%[30]
  • Color: black-and-white[31]
  • Country of origin: United States[32]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1938[33], December 23, 1938[34], September 1, 1938[35], September 29, 1938[36], October 13, 1938[37]
  • Distributed by: Columbia Pictures[38], Netflix[39], Fandango at Home[40]
  • Narrative location: New York City[41]
  • Film editor: Gene Havlick[42]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[43], Academy Award for Best Director[44], Academy Award for Best Cinematography[45], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[46], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[47], Academy Award for Best Picture[48], Academy Award for Best Sound[49]

Why It Matters

You Can't Take It With You has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

FAQs

What awards did You Can't Take It With You receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Picture[3] and Academy Award for Best Director[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [9] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [4] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 13d ago · 2pattywhack27 · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv spielfilm film id → 1321804
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  6. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Stephen Goosson
    Publication date → +1938-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1938-12-23T00:00:00Z, +1938-09-01T00:00:00Z +2
    Screenwriter → Robert Riskin
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