You Really Can’t Take It With You
By Dr. R. Scott Clark - Posted at The Heidelblog: Published April 17, 2024 According to that redoubtable source of all wisdom and truth, Wikipedia, the Kaufman-Hart Play, You Can’t Take It With You , debuted on Broadway in 1936, ran for 838 performances, and won a Pulitzer. The 1938 film, starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur, won academy awards for Best Picture and Best Director. The probability is that anyone who was ever in the drama club at school at least knows one person who had a part in their school’s production of the play. In it we watch as the scion of a wealthy family falls in love with the daughter from a quirky family, who owns a house that is in the way of a big company’s plans for expansion. In the end, the wealthy clan learns that there is more to life than wealth, power, and acquisition. The outcome is as predictable as the story is charming. Arthur and Stewart make a great team, and no one was better at playing bewilderment than Stewart. The moral of the story is in
