The judge (Harry Davenport) presides over the case, he allows Grandpa and his family to settle the charges for disturbing the peace and making illegal fireworks by assessing a fine, which Grandpa's neighborhood friends pitch in to pay for. But as the judge repeatedly asks why the Kirbys were at the Vanderhof house, tensions rise and emotions come to a head. Grandpa, attempting to help Kirby, says it was to talk about selling the house. But when Alice, Tony's fiancee, has an outburst and reveals that the Kirbys were there to meet with her, the true reason for their visit is exposed. Alice has been spurning Tony because of how poorly she has been treated by his family, and the Kirbys' true intentions are finally revealed.
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Academy Award® winner James Stewart (1940 Best Actor, The Philadelphia Story and 1985 Honorary Oscar®), Jean Arthur, Academy Award® winner Lionel Barrymore (1931 Best Actor, A Free Soul) and Edward Arnold star in this classic screwball comedy. Based on the phenomenally successful Kaufman-Hart play, You Can't Take It With You was directed by Frank Capra and won two Academy Awards® (1938 Best Picture, Best Director) and garnered five more nominations. It was Capra's third Oscar® for directing. Arthur stars as Alice Sycamore, the stable family member of an offbeat clan of free spirits who falls for Stewart, the down-to-earth son of a snooty, wealthy family. Amidst a backdrop of confusion, the two very different families rediscover the simple joys of life.
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