You Can't Take It with You
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The family of Martin Vanderhof lives "just around the corner from Columbia University - but don't go looking for it." Grandpa, as Martin is more commonly known, is the head of a large and extended family of charming eccentrics. His granddaughter, Alice, is a loving young woman who is nonetheless still embarrassed by her family's idiosyncrasies. When Alice falls for Tony, a handsome scion of Wall Street, she fears that their two families - so unlike in manner, politics and finances - will never come together. But why be obsessed by money? After all, you can't take it with you.
Moss Hart
Moss Hart was an American playwright. Raised in poverty in the Bronx, Hart’s interest in theatre was instigated by his aunt. His first Broadway hit, Once in a Lifetime, was written with George Kaufman, and began a partnership that produced plays such as You Can't Take It With You and The Man Who Came to Dinner. Hart won two Tony Awards (Best Musical and Best Director) for My Fair Lady, and earned an Oscar nomination for writing the screenplay for Gentlemen’s Agreement. In 1959, Hart published his autobiography Act One, in which he created an entire alternate ending for his aunt’s life. Hart died in 1961 at the age of 57.
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