Winner '38:
First Saw It:
You Can't Take It with You
July 1998, on home video
Bridesmaids: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Boys Town, The Citadel, Four Daughters, Grand Illusion, Jezebel, Pygmalion, Test Pilot
My Vote: I have four nominees left to see, but how could anything top Grand Illusion?
Overlooked: Holiday and The Lady Vanishes, and maybe Bringing Up Baby


You Can't Take It with You
Director: Frank Capra. Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Edward Arnold, Mary Forbes, Ann Miller, Spring Byington, Mischa Auer, H.B. Warner, Samuel S. Hinds, Donald Meek, Clarence Wilson, Lillian Yarbo, Eddie Anderson, Halliwell Hobbs, Harry Davenport. Screenplay: Robert Riskin (based on the play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart).


Photo © 1938 Columbia Pictures
Not yet reviewed in full. B–


Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
Best Picture
Best Director: Frank Capra
Best Supporting Actress: Spring Byington
Best Screenplay: Robert Riskin
Best Cinematography (Black & White): Joseph Walker
Best Film Editing: Gene Havlick
Best Sound: John P. Livadary

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