Lionel Barrymore And "You Can't Take It With You"
TT may come to pass that Lionel Barrymore will be given an academy award for his performance in “You Can’t Take It With You.” How much of this was Barrymore and how much the director, Frank Capra, is open to question, but the wedding of the two talents resulted in a rousing character projection.
The picture content bad much to do with it. Great performances must be established in a believable story, _ a story that has flesh and blood on its skeleton. “You Can’t Take It With You” becomes almost a social document. It expresses a philosophy of living that may be true or false, but, true or false, it is interesting at all times. Holding it together, giving it point and rhyme and reason, is the warm portrayal of Lionel Barrymore. Barrymore gave this performance when advancing age and illness were threatening to end his acting career. They even had to write in crutches in his part so that he could use them and continue working while he had to use them. Yet there was not a suggestion in his playing that Barrymore was feeling unwell.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 147, 17 March 1939, Page 14
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196Lionel Barrymore And "You Can't Take It With You" Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 147, 17 March 1939, Page 14
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