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COMEDY

DRAMA

ROMANCE

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.

name	character
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson	Donald
Eugene Anderson Jr	Bobby (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews	Attorney to Kirby at Arraignment (uncredited)
Edward Arnold	Anthony P. Kirby
William Arnold	Reporter (uncredited)
Jean Arthur	Alice Sycamore
Johnny Arthur	Kirby's Office Aide (uncredited)
Mischa Auer	Boris Kolenkhov
Frank Austin	Neighbor (uncredited)
Irving Bacon	Henry - the Head Waiter (uncredited)
Harry A. Bailey	Neighbor (uncredited)
Lionel Barrymore	Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
Joseph E. Bernard	Neighbor (uncredited)
Gladys Blake	Mary (uncredited)
Beatrice Blinn	Neighbor (uncredited)
Ward Bond	Mike - the Detective (uncredited)
Joe Bordeaux	Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Charles Brinley	Neighbor (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Stanley Brown	Newsboy (uncredited)
Gloria Browne	Child Dancer (uncredited)
James Burke	Chief Detective (uncredited)
Spring Byington	Penny Sycamore
Eddy Chandler	Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Wallis Clark	Bill Hughes (uncredited)
Chester Clute	Hammond (uncredited)
Nick Copeland	Barber (uncredited)
Anne Cornwall	Miss Jones - Blakely's Secretary (uncredited)
Nell Craig	Blakely's Inquisitive Office Worker (uncredited)
Beatrice Curtis	Neighbor (uncredited)
Dick Curtis	Strongarm Man (uncredited)
Sidney D'Albrook	Trustee (uncredited)
Harry Davenport	Judge
Lew Davis	Reporter (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing	Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Vernon Dent	Expressman (uncredited)
Kay Deslys	Woman (uncredited)
Homer Dickenson	Man (uncredited)
Ann Doran	Maggie O'Neill
Lester Dorr	Reporter (uncredited)
Florence Dudley	Woman (uncredited)
Roland Dupree	Child Dancer (uncredited)
Edward Earle	Bank Manager (uncredited)
Oliver Eckhardt	Man (uncredited)
Jim Farley	Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Betty Farrington	Neighbor (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston	Worried Neighbor (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty	Police Guard at Courtroom Entrance (uncredited)
James Flavin	Jailer (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	Martin's Neighbor in Courtroom
Mary Forbes	Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby
Sterrett Ford	Man (uncredited)
Byron Foulger	Kirby's Assistant (uncredited)
Almeda Fowler	Woman (uncredited)
Dick French	Bank Clerk (uncredited)
Jack Gardner	Reporter (uncredited)
Joe Geil	Child Dancer (uncredited)
Jesse Graves	Man (uncredited)
Robert Greig	Lord Melville (uncredited)
Carlton Griffin	Bank Clerk (uncredited)
Kit Guard	Inmate Wearing Black Cap (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton	Guard (uncredited)
John Hamilton	Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)
Edward Hearn	Court Attendant (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian	Ice Man (uncredited)
Russell Hicks	Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds	Paul Sycamore
Halliwell Hobbes	Mr. DePinna
Harry Hollingsworth	Doorman (uncredited)
John Ince	Neighbor (uncredited)
Paul Irving	Office Manager (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin	Attorney to Kirby at Arraignment (uncredited)
Eddie Kane	Attorney to Kirby (uncredited)
Edward Keane	Board Member (uncredited)
Alice Keating	Woman (uncredited)
Pert Kelton	Inmate (uncredited)
Louis King	Man (uncredited)
Bob Kortman	Man (uncredited)
William Lally	Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Lane	Henderson
Stella LeSaint	Neighbor (uncredited)
Margaret Mann	Neighbor (uncredited)
Tina Marshall	Neighbor (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell	Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
Ralph McCullough	Man (uncredited)
Eva McKenzie	Neighbor (uncredited)
Frank McLure	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Charles McMurphy	Guard (uncredited)
Donald Meek	Mr. Poppins
Ann Miller	Essie Carmichael
James Millican	Policeman (uncredited)
Frank Mills	Trustee (uncredited)
Bruce Mitchell	Policeman in Park (uncredited)
Clive Morgan	Man (uncredited)
Gene Morgan	Reporter (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell	Diner (uncredited)
Dagmar Oakland	Woman (uncredited)
Georgia O'Dell	Woman (uncredited)
Fred Parker	Neighbor (uncredited)
Blanche Payson	Matron (uncredited)
George C. Pearce	Neighbor (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.	Neighbor Helping with Move (uncredited)
Lee Phelps	Bailiff (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright	Lady Melville (uncredited)
Ed Randolph	Neighbor (uncredited)
Doris Rankin	Mrs. Leach (uncredited)
Frances Raymond	Neighbor (uncredited)
Ky Robinson	Court Policeman (uncredited)
Bodil Rosing	Mrs. Schmidt
Christian Rub	Schmidt
Dick Rush	Bank Guard (uncredited)
Cy Schindell	Man (uncredited)
Harry Semels	Man (uncredited)
Frank Shannon	Mac (uncredited)
C.L. Sherwood	Drunk (uncredited)
Ernest Shields	Man (uncredited)
Bruce Sidney	Bank Clerk (uncredited)
S.S. Simon	Man at Jail (uncredited)
Harry Stafford	Bank Clerk (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley	Executive (uncredited)
Bert Starkey	Neighbor (uncredited)
Bert Stevens	Court Bailiff (uncredited)
James Stewart	Tony Kirby
Josef Swickard	Professor
Carlie Taylor	Bank Clerk (uncredited)
Dub Taylor	Ed Carmichael
Rosemary Theby	Woman (uncredited)
Victor Travis	Man (uncredited)
Laura Treadwell	Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)
John Tyrrell	Strongarm Man (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon	Neighbor (uncredited)
Bess Wade	Neighbor (uncredited)
Walter Walker	Governor Leach (uncredited)
H.B. Warner	Mr. Ramsey
Pierre Watkin	Attorney to Kirby (uncredited)
Pat West	Expressman (uncredited)
Larry Wheat	Kirby's Secretary (uncredited)
Clarence Wilson	John Blakely
Ian Wolfe	Kirby's Secretary (uncredited)
Billy Wolfstone	Child Dancer (uncredited)
Alex Woloshin	Russian General in Jail (uncredited)
Lillian Yarbo	Rheba

name
Frank Capra	director, producer
Moss Hart	writer (original)
George S. Kaufman	writer (original)
Robert Riskin	screenplay
Morris Stoloff	composer
Dimitri Tiomkin	composer

year	award	category	name
1938	Academy Award	Best Director	Frank Capra
1938	Academy Award	Best Picture