“Lincoln said, “With malice toward none, with charity to all.” Nowadays they say, “Think the way I do or I’ll bomb the daylights outta you.”
Frank Capra’s YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU screens at St. Louis’ fabulous Hi-Pointe Theater this weekend as part of their Classic Film Series. It’s Saturday, August 13th at 10:30am at the Hi-Pointe located at 1005 McCausland Ave., St. Louis, MO 63117. The film will be introduced by Harry Hamm, movie reviewer for KMOX. Admission is only $5
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric Vanderhoff family in YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, a classic Frank Capra movie from 1938 which won the Oscar for ‘Best Picture’ and is considered to be one of the great director’s funniest films.
Jean Arthur as Alice is at her most beguiling in YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU and the park bench scene where she playfully entices Tony (Jimmy Stewart) to continue kissing her is utterly charming. The hilarious nightclub scene is without a doubt one of the most perfectly crafted comedic scenes ever.
While not providing the same dramatic opportunities of MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON or IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU does ably demonstrate how Frank Capra knew that James Stewart would be up to the task of handling the dramatic scenes in those later collaborations. Stewart once said that Jean Arthur was `the finest actress I ever worked with’. As always with Capra, the quality of the performances of the supporting cast is superb and the scenes between Lionel Barrymore and Jean Arthur are lovely as are the Vanderhoff family ensemble scenes but James Stewart and Jean Arthur on screen together is where this film shines.
You’ll have the opportunity to see YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU on the big screen this Saturday at St. Louis’ fabulous Hi-Pointe Theater. Doors open at 10:00am, the film starts at 10:30 and admission is only $5
The Hi-Pointe’s site can be found HERE
http://hi-pointetheatre.com/
