you can't take it with you (1984)

a play by moss hart and george s. kaufman.
starring: jason robards, elizabeth wilson, colleen dewhurst and maureen anderman.
i do not own this video. sharing for educational purposes only.

[@jonbryden3307]

Watched this back in the 80's on VHS. It was great to find it on You Tube.

[@bethvaughn4231]

Yes!

[@LenoreRiegel]

Holy Cow - THIS is on tape? I am totally in heaven, saw it live and ever forgot it.

[@chucklipsig2595]

This became one of my favorite plays when I saw this on TV. Here we are 40 years later and I'm in the middle of a community theater run of it, where I'm playing Boris Kolenkhov.

[@harryflemming9924]

no your not - maybe a volunteer the attendant hoping to peak into the kids changing room as the proper pedi you are...

[@kallen868]

Awesome!

[@janshan100]

I’m going to read it soon for a little theater production.

[@bigsand8]

I think this is the best version of the play.

[@macroamerica]

My favorite theater production ever shown on tv. I still dream of playing Kolenkhov!

[@dmmchugh3714]

LOVE THIS PLAY ! A fabulous performance too !

[@markschildberg1667]

My favorite production of this masterpiece.

[@tjwash2]

I bought a video tape of this in 1989. I watched it several times till the VCR ate it up. It’s just such a feel good, zany, loving depiction of an unconventional family. My favorite moment was when Alice said my mother writes plays because 8 years ago a typewriter was delivered here by mistake.

[@kallen868]

I still have a VHS of this!

[@melaniereed3494]

OMG - I am so happy to find this film! I saw this recording many years (decades) ago on PBS I think. I loved it so much and I've never forgotten it. There have been a couple of film adaptations of this play, but this is by far the best version. This production opened April 4, 1983 at the Plymouth Theatre, ran for 312 performances. Directed by Ellis Rabb, staring Jason Robards and Colleen Dewhurst and several other notable actors.

[@kikisarchive]

you're welcome! i love this version just as much as i do the capra film.

[@the.archers7]

@@kikisarchive thank you a lot from me, too!

[@alisoncolgrove4349]

Same here! I've looked for this before and now just found it! ❤

[@hudsony777]

@@alisoncolgrove4349 Again, same here. Saw it on PBS years ago, the end only, with Colleen Dewhurst. I didn't even know what play it was but I figured it out and found it on YT and just enjoyed the whole thing. Can't believe it's almost 40 years old. Miss them all.

[@texanpondue]

I taped this off Showtime, decades ago when I was a kid!! I loved it, and I'm so happy to see it again!!

[@rskcmayberry]

ME TOO!

[@swolequadskilzer5868]

this is the best play i've ever seen!!

[@Adam-Epler]

"You Can't Take it With You...." no finer words have ever been said. Life is kinda beautiful, when you let it come to you :)

[@nickyscarfo1]

Great play ! Love this version ! 🥰

[@uslines]

I am delighted to find this presentaion. Superior to all others. Pearl performances by all. Thank you so much.

[@thelonepowerranger5279]

My high school Is doing this and this was very helpful for the auditions! I ended up getting the role of Donald!

[@KristenStieffel]

This is my favorite version of this play! I had it on VHS but my player broke last time I moved. 😩 Thanks so much for sharing this!

[@sophianelson7095]

I’m auditioning for this play in a couple days!!😊

[@TheReelDealwithTomKonkle]

Back when showtime showed the arts

[@reneastle8447]

Showtime can still show the arts.

[@rolliebca]

Thank you so much for posting this excellent version of the movie! I had this play in my collection for years until my drive died, and it wasn't on my backup. I've been looking for it for at least two years since I lost it. So happy to be reunited with it. If you don't mind I'm going to put a copy up on my channel with a copy of your disclaimer. I don't get much traffic, but at least it will be one more place this excellent play can be found. Thanks again, and best wishes.

[@kikisarchive]

My pleasure!

[@heidicarder5528]

My favorite version!

[@michaelclarke6439]

I love this play. That said there is NO law requiring ANYONE to actually pay a Federal Income Tax. If they are to receive a tax refund. Do the research for yourself. The wealthy have known this for decades. If not a century or more, now...

[@bryanvandergriff194]

I’ve always loved this play

[@Bookworm-ye9qi]

This is a great play. I wish I had seen it sooner

[@Rikki0]

If I can't take it with me, I just won't go.

[@Adam-Epler]

Ha ha

[@doncorleone3829]

was Mr Kirby my senior year in the fall school drama.

[@cassiespeltz4376]

40:36 cutest damn moment in the whole play

[@lesliebest5562]

This is so a thousand times better than the movie! The movie didn’t follow the play whatsoever! For instance, there was no ‘Mr. Poppin’ in the play and where was ‘Miss Wellington’? I would have ❤️d to have seen JEJ playing ‘Grandpa’! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@yaywhewclips242]

"Mike Roy" from All My Children, he played one of many lovers of Erica Kane.

[@johnfraraccio99]

Definitive. A little laugh-trackey mayhaps but study the times in which the Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play premiered. And there's the unmistakable Bill McCutcheon, the one and only Dropo himself.

[@TheBlocklandPlayer]

That's A Sub And I Thank You. I Played Mrs. Sycamore Once

[@Normanclemens-i8d]

Pots Did Stop!

[@JacumbaSound]

How can we get this on dvd?

[@innumerabledemons]

Rip it from KZbin ... Burn it to DVD ... 👍

[@JacumbaSound]

Yes, we can do that, but the resolution here is very low. Where can we get this on dvd with good or better than good quality?@@innumerabledemons

[@shayhay2411]

Howard Sprague!

[@louispitalo7401]

All I can say is WOW. I saw this movie quite a few times, I’ve never seen it before on stage. Like I said, just WOW ✌️❤️

[@haineshisway]

A wonderful production, first done by Mr. Rabb in the 1960s with APA. Donald Moffat was grandpa. Sadly, this TV thing was directed for the camera by the horrible Kirk Browning, the worst thing that ever happened to ballet, opera, and now this. Dear Mr. Browning, you nitwit - how about some geography - you know - a wide shot so we see the set? Wouldn't that be a swell idea rather than all those insufferable close-ups. This is a stage play, not your ticket to trying to get a movie. This is the poster child for how NOT to direct a play for the camera. We want to see, you know, Mr. Rabb's blocking and staging. Geography, Mr. Browning - it's a wonderful thing and thanks for ruining what should have been a great video of a great play. Shame on you.

[@reaganwright6310]

this sucks

[@annbassano8583]

Thank you so much for posting this! It’s ridiculous that it isn’t available on dvd or streaming.