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Actors: Jason Robards, Maureen Anderman, Elizabeth Wilson, Nicolas Surovy, Colleen Dewhurst
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about You Can't Take It With You (1984 TV) |
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Alice Sycamore, a nice girl employed downtown, has fallen in love with the boss's son, Tony Kirby, but is very nervous about letting him (let alone his wealthy, proper folks) meet her eccentric family. Grandfather Martin Vanderhof (Robards) walked out on his Wall Street job decades ago; mother Penny writes play after play because a typewriter was delivered to the house by mistake (thus ending her horrid painting phase); Alice's Dad makes fireworks in the basement, which often go off unexpectedly; her dingy sister makes candy and wants to be a ballet dancer; and a constant parade of various other weirdoes (most notably the Grand Duchess Olga Katrina, played by Dewhurst, who escaped Russia and now waits tables downtown) marches through the house. This 1984 stage production of Kaufman & Hart's beloved late Depression era comedy was taped during its Broadway run. (The Capra film version that starred Jimmy Stewart diverged from the original play significantly.) The sound is poor, and the play gets a little preachy at the end, but there's plenty of lively acting, and Robards is perfectly loveable.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of You Can't Take It With You (1984 TV) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Family, loving
Yes
Kind of comedy
- adults acting eccentric
Lover is...
- of a different social class
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- play
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