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The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)

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The George S. Kaufman/Moss Hart Broadway hit The Man Who Came to Dinner was inspired by the authors' mutual friend, waspish critic/author Alexander Woollcott. Generously bearded ex-Yale professor Monty Woolley, no mean curmudgeon himself, plays the Woollcott character, here rechristened Sheridan Whiteside. While on a lecture tour in Ohio, Whiteside slips on the ice outside his hosts' home; until his broken leg heals, the hosts (Grant Mitchell and Billie Burke) are forced to put up (and put up

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Classics, Comedy

May 30, 2006

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Here, in the space of an hour and fifty-two minutes, is compacted what is unquestionably the most vicious but hilarious cat-clawing exhibition ever put on the screen, a deliciously wicked character portrait and a helter-skelter satire, withal.

September 30, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times
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Wonderful cast, story and direction in classic comedy.

August 14, 2007
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Monty Woolley repeats his stage role in this smart adaptation of Kaufman and Hart's Broadway play, inspired by the Algonquin celebs (Alexander Woolcott, Harpo Marx, Noel Coward).

July 11, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
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The great cast mirthfully brings on the savage dialogue and relishes in the malicious nature of the satire.

January 7, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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Audience Reviews for The Man Who Came to Dinner

Regular folks run headlong into crazy eccentric celebrity when a radio star (Wooley,raucously unbridled) convalesces in small town Ohio. Ann Sheridan plays the bad girl, Bette Davis, and Bette Davis plays Ann Sheridan, the good girl, and then they fight ... talk about love!
May 7, 2011
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A very funny movie, but I didn't get to see the end, I want to watch it again sometime.
September 5, 2010
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