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The Man Who Came to Dinner is a 1942 American screwball comedy film directed by William Keighley, [3] [4] and starring Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan and, as the titular character, Monty Woolley. The screenplay by Julius and Philip G. Epstein is based on the 1939 play The Man Who Came to Dinner by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman .
The Man Who Came to Dinner is a comedy play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. It debuted on October 16, 1939, at the Music Box Theatre in New York City, where it ran until 1941, closing after 739 performances. It then enjoyed a number of New York and London revivals.
Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan and Monty Woolley star in the 1942 comedy, The Man Who Came to Dinner, based on the hit Broadway play. Famed author Sheridan Whiteside possesses a tongue dipped in venom and a brain that can crack The New York Times crossword in four minutes.
The Man Who Came to Dinner: Directed by William Keighley. With Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Richard Travis. An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
Popular radio broadcaster Sheridan Whiteside arrives in Mesalia, Ohio, where he is to give a lecture. Against his will, he must first dine at the home of Ernest and Daisy Stanley, but climbing the snowy steps to the house, Sherry falls and hurts his hip.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley are thrilled when Sheridan Whiteside, a brilliant, witty, and widely beloved radio celebrity, accepts their invitation to dinner on his tour through their little town of Mesalia, Ohio.
While on a speaking tour in Ohio, opinionated and arrogant radio personality Sheridan Whiteside (Monty Woolley) injures himself slipping on ice and becomes an unexpected houseguest for a prominent...
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Sheridan Whiteside, an irascible and insulting character, comes to a home for dinner, breaks his hip, and drives everyone batty while nursing himself back to health.
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The Man Who Came to Dinner. An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family. 910 IMDb 7.5 1 h 52 min 1942.
