James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore and Edward Arnold star in this screwball comedy. 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...
Directed by
Frank Capra
Written by
George S. Kaufman (play); Moss Hart (play); Robert Riskin (screenplay).
Starring
Jean Arthur (Alice Sycamore); Lionel Barrymore (Grandpa Martin Vanderhof); James Stewart (Tony Kirby); Edward Arnold (Anthony P. Kirby); Mischa Auer (Boris Kolenkhov); Ann Miller (Essie Carmichael); Spring Byington (Penny Sycamore); Samuel S. Hinds (Paul Sycamore); Donald Meek (Poppins); H.B. Warner (Ramsey); Halliwell Hobbes (DePinna); Dub Taylor (Ed Carmichael); Mary Forbes (Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby); Lillian Yarbo (Rheba); Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson (Donald (as Eddie Anderson)). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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