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The Man Who Came to Dinner is a 1942 American screwball comedy film directed by William Keighley, 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 .
- $1.1 million
- Jerry Wald
The character of Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner was based on the famed writer/critic/radio personality Alexander Woollcott. The Man Who Came to Dinner was originally a play written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The original Broadway production opened October 16, 1939 and starred Monty Woolley as Sheridan Whiteside.
- William Keighley, Dick Mayberry
- Bette Davis
February 27 2018 11:54 AM EST. All-American identity politics might be the key to understanding how the Depression-era-set comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner, about a temperamental gay man,...
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.
Feb 1, 2014 · A lthough by premiering in New York City the first day of 1942 and thus a week late for making it for Christmas Day the previous year, it’s not too late, this year, to enjoy—nay, to relish, to wallow in!—the devastating hilarity and grand farce of The Man Who Came to Dinner.
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Just before a Christmas in the late 1930’s, Sheridan Whiteside, a noted radio personality, is invited to dinner at the home of Ernest W. and Daisy Stanley in Mesalia, Ohio. After slipping...
Film Synopsis. A critic, public speaker and bon vivant, Sheridan Whiteside is one of America's top radio personalities. During a busy lecture tour, he allows himself to be talked into having dinner at the house of a prominent Ohio family, the Stanleys. Before he can cross the threshold, he slips on the icy steps and sustains a serious back injury.
