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You can't take it with you (1938) & The Lady Eve (1941)

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What can I say about You can't take it with you directed by Frank Capra starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur and of course, Lionel Barrymore? It's a delight, that's for sure, and somehow someone compared it to Romeo & Juliet. Well, more of a screwball comedy version if anything.  James Stewart plays Tony Kirby (what a name) who's in love with Jean Arthur's Alice Sycamore. The pair seem to get along quite well, while their families don't. The Kirby's are a rich high-brow banking family who are intent in buying an entire area that houses a lot of families. One of those families are of course the Sycamores' who are much established in the area, or at least, the grandfather played by Lionel Barrymore is. He's the sort of gentleman who stopped working when he found out he wasn't happy with his job, instead pursuing things that did make him happy, which is what his family lives by. The Kirby's by contrast care more about their name, bes...