You Can't Take It with You

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comedy play film play

You Can't Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1936 comedic play by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman about an eccentric family whose free-spirited lifestyle clashes with conventional society.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
You Can't Take It with You canonical	27
You Can’t Take It with You	13
You Can't Take It with You (1936 play)	3
You Can't Take It with You (1938 film)	3
You Can't Take It with You (play)	2
Can’t Take It With You	1
You Can't Take It with You (Broadway play)	1
You Can't Take It with You (Pulitzer Prize–winning play, co-author)	1
You Can't Take It with You (film)	1
You Can't Take It with You (franchise)	1
You Can’t Take It with You (film)	1
play You Can't Take It with You (1936)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T440147 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: You Can't Take It with You
Context triple: [Moss Hart, notableWork, You Can't Take It with You]

A. On the Town
On the Town is a 1944 Broadway musical with music by Leonard Bernstein that follows three sailors on 24-hour shore leave in New York City, later adapted into a popular 1949 film.
B. The Barkleys of Broadway
The Barkleys of Broadway is a 1949 MGM musical film that reunited Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their only Technicolor feature together, blending song, dance, and comedy in a backstage showbiz story.
C. The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner is a classic 1939 Broadway comedy play, co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, about an acerbic radio personality whose injury-induced stay with a Midwestern family wreaks hilarious havoc.
D. High Society
High Society is a 1956 musical romantic comedy film, starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and Frank Sinatra, that reimagines the play and film The Philadelphia Story with a jazz-infused score by Cole Porter.
E. Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof is a classic 1971 musical film adaptation of the Broadway show, depicting the life of a Jewish milkman and his family in a pre-revolutionary Russian village.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: You Can't Take It with You
Target entity description: You Can't Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1936 comedic play by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman about an eccentric family whose free-spirited lifestyle clashes with conventional society.

A. On the Town
On the Town is a 1944 Broadway musical with music by Leonard Bernstein that follows three sailors on 24-hour shore leave in New York City, later adapted into a popular 1949 film.
B. The Barkleys of Broadway
The Barkleys of Broadway is a 1949 MGM musical film that reunited Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their only Technicolor feature together, blending song, dance, and comedy in a backstage showbiz story.
C. The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner is a classic 1939 Broadway comedy play, co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, about an acerbic radio personality whose injury-induced stay with a Midwestern family wreaks hilarious havoc.
D. High Society
High Society is a 1956 musical romantic comedy film, starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and Frank Sinatra, that reimagines the play and film The Philadelphia Story with a jazz-infused score by Cole Porter.
E. Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof is a classic 1971 musical film adaptation of the Broadway show, depicting the life of a Jewish milkman and his family in a pre-revolutionary Russian village.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comedy play ⓘ film ⓘ play ⓘ
author	George S. Kaufman ⓘ Moss Hart ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
awardYear	1937 ⓘ
basedOn	You Can't Take It with You self-linksurface differs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Frank Capra ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear	1936 ⓘ
focusesOn	an eccentric family ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation	You Can't Take It with You self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: You Can't Take It with You (1938 film)
originalLanguage	English ⓘ English ⓘ
releaseYear	1938 ⓘ
setting	New York City ⓘ
theme	clash between free-spirited lifestyle and conventional society ⓘ individualism ⓘ nonconformity ⓘ

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Moss Hart → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can't Take It with You (Broadway play)

Moss Hart → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can't Take It with You (Pulitzer Prize–winning play, co-author)

Frank Capra → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can’t Take It with You

Frank Capra → directed → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can’t Take It with You

Columbia Pictures → notableFilm → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can’t Take It with You

James Stewart → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

Robert Riskin → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can’t Take It with You

Moss → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

subject surface form: Moss Hart

Hart → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

subject surface form: Moss Hart

I Am Listening (play) → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

subject surface form: Moss Hart

You Can't Take It with You (co-written with George S. Kaufman) → hasAdaptation → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

subject surface form: You Can't Take It with You

this entity surface form: You Can't Take It with You (1938 film)

You Can't Take It with You (co-written with George S. Kaufman) → hasTitle → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

subject surface form: You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You → hasAdaptation → You Can't Take It with You self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can't Take It with You (1938 film)

You Can't Take It with You → basedOn → You Can't Take It with You self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: You Can't Take It with You (1938 film)

Francesco → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

subject surface form: Francesco Rosario Capra

this entity surface form: You Can’t Take It with You

George S. Kaufman → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

Donald Meek → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can’t Take It with You

11th Academy Awards → bestPictureWinner → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

11th Academy Awards → bestDirectorFilm → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

11th Academy Awards → bestAssistantDirectorWinnerFilm → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

Lionel Barrymore → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

Riskin → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

subject surface form: Robert Riskin

this entity surface form: You Can’t Take It with You

Ann Miller → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can’t Take It with You

Edward Arnold → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

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Enlightened Rogues → hasPart → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: Can’t Take It With You

Sara Haden → appearedIn → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can’t Take It with You (film)

Grandpa Vanderhof → appearsIn → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

Grandpa Vanderhof → firstAppearance → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: play You Can't Take It with You (1936)

Tony Kirby → appearsIn → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

Tony Kirby → createdForWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can't Take It with You (play)

Tony Kirby → adaptedIn → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can't Take It with You (film)

Penelope Sycamore → appearsIn → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

Penelope Sycamore → firstAppearance → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can't Take It with You (1936 play)

Paul Sycamore → appearsIn → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

Paul Sycamore → firstAppearance → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can't Take It with You (1936 play)

Paul Sycamore → fictionalUniverse → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

Mr. Kirby → characterIn → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

Mr. Kirby → appearsIn → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can't Take It with You (play)

Mr. Kirby → appearsIn → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can't Take It with You (1938 film)

Mr. Kirby → partOf → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can't Take It with You (franchise)

Mrs. Kirby → appearsIn → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

Mrs. Kirby → firstAppearance → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can't Take It with You (1936 play)

Alice Sycamore → appearsIn → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

Martin Vanderhof → appearsIn → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

Martin Vanderhof → moralCenterOf → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

Joseph Walker → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can’t Take It with You

Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can’t Take It with You

Gene Havlick → notableWork → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can’t Take It with You

Gene Havlick → workedOn → You Can't Take It with You ⓘ

this entity surface form: You Can’t Take It with You

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Referenced by (55)

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