The Man Who Came to Dinner (film)
- The Man Who Came to Dinner (film)
Infobox Film
name = The Man Who Came to Dinner
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director = William Keighley
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writer = Julius J. Epstein
Philip G. Epstein
Moss Hart (play)
George S. Kaufman (play)
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starring = Monty Woolley
Bette Davis
Ann Sheridan
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released = January 1, 1942
runtime = 112 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0033874
"The Man Who Came to Dinner" is a 1942 black-and-white comedy film based on the play of the same name by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. [cite web |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/title.jsp?stid=82721 |title=Screenplay Info for The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) |publisher=tcm.com |accessdate=2007-12-01] It stars Monty Woolley (reprising his role in the play) and Bette Davis. John Barrymore made a screen test for the Woolley role, which still survives, but Barrymore was too ill to make the film.
Plot summary
Famous lecturer Sheridan Whiteside (Monty Woolley) slips on the icy steps of the house of the Stanleys, a prominent Ohio family, and is forced to recuperate in their home. The overbearing celebrity soon comes to dominate the lives of the residents. Meanwhile, Whiteside's spinster assistant Maggie Cutler (Bette Davis) is very attracted to the local newspaperman, Bert Jefferson (Richard Travis).
Cast
*Monty Woolley as Sheridan Whiteside
*Bette Davis as Maggie Cutler
*Ann Sheridan as Lorraine Sheldon
*Richard Travis as Bertram H. Jefferson
*Jimmy Durante as Banjo
*Billie Burke as Daisy Stanley
*Reginald Gardiner as Beverly Carlton
*Elisabeth Fraser as June Stanley
*Grant Mitchell as Ernest W. Stanley
*George Barbier as Dr. E. Bradley
*Mary Wickes as Nurse Preen
*Russell Arms as Richard Stanley
*Ruth Vivian as Harriet Stanley
References
External links
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