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    The Man Who Came to Dinner

    G1942 · Comedy · 1h 52m

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  1. The Man Who Came to Dinner. While on a speaking tour in Ohio, opinionated and arrogant radio personality Sheridan Whiteside (Monty Woolley) injures himself slipping on ice and becomes an ...

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    • Monty Woolley
    • William Keighley
    • Comedy
  2. THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER is a perfect example of a film that remains dated due to its very subject matter. Screenwriters George S. Kaufmann and Moss Hart came up with this hilarious story based on the personalities (as per them) of then-film critic Alexander Woollcott, playwright Noel Coward, and theatre actress Gertrude Lawrence, and in ...

  3. Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 30, 2006. Here, in the space of an hour and fifty-two minutes, is compacted what is unquestionably the most vicious but hilarious cat-clawing exhibition ...

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  5. Summary When acerbic critic Sheridan Whiteside slips on the front steps of a provincial Ohio businessman's home and breaks his hip, he and his entourage take over the house indefinitely. Comedy. Romance. Directed By: William Keighley. Written By: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart.

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    • William Keighley
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    • Bette Davis
  6. 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.

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    • Comedy, Romance
    • William Keighley
    • 1942-01-24
  7. Cynically witty lines, top-notch characterizations (Ann Sheridan is a delight), and welcome guest appearances by Jimmy Durante (as a Harpo Marx figure) and Reginald Gardner (doing a take on Noel Coward) make for classic comedy.

  8. Budget. $1.1 million [2] Box office. $2.6 million (worldwide rentals) [2] 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 ...

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