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About
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
Theatrical
Sep 29, 1938
Box Office
$7.4M
Budget
$1.6M
Return
4.5x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 18, 2003
Theaters
2
Director
Writer
Producer
Music
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Quotes
See all →Choosing Fun Over Business Success
Grandpa Martin Vanderhoff
What if all your deals fall through? It might be a good thing for you.
Anthony P. Kirby
Man, you're crazy.
Grandpa Martin Vanderhoff
Well, maybe I am. I used to be just like you. Then, one morning when I was going up the elevator, it struck me I wasn't having any fun. So, I came right down and never went back. Yes sir. That was 35 years ago.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Joy of Living Authentically
Tony Kirby
I was just thinking about that family of yours. Living with them must be like living in a world of ], my good fellow. Everybody does just as he pleases, doesn't he?
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Alice Sycamore
Yes. Grandpa started it. He just suddenly left business one day. He started up in the elevator one day and he turned around and came right down. He never went back. He could have been a rich man; but, he said he wasn't having any fun.
Tony Kirby
Oh, that's wonderful.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →J
Jean Arthur
Alice Sycamore
L
Lionel Barrymore
Martin Vanderhof
J
James Stewart
Tony Kirby
E
Edward Arnold
Anthony P. Kirby
M
Mischa Auer
Kolenkhov
A
Ann Miller
Essie Carmichael
S
Spring Byington
Penny Sycamore
S
Samuel S. Hinds
Paul Sycamore
D
Donald Meek
Poppins
H
H.B. Warner
Ramsey
H
Halliwell Hobbes
DePinna
D
Dub Taylor
Ed Carmichael
M
Mary Forbes
Mrs. Anthony Kirby
L
Lillian Yarbo
Rheba
E
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Donald
C
Clarence Wilson
John Blakely
J
Josef Swickard
Professor
A
Ann Doran
Maggie O'Neill
C
Christian Rub
Schmidt
B
Bodil Rosing
Mrs. Schmidt
