The Man Who Came To Dinner

On a lecture tour in ohio he slips on the ice and is confined to the home of a bourgeois couple.

The man who came to dinner. It debuted on october 16 1939 at the music box theatre in new york city where it ran until 1941 closing after 739 performances. Directed by william keighley. Epstein is based on the 1939 play the man who came to dinner by moss hart and george s. The man who came to dinner is a 1942 american comedy film directed by william keighley and starring bette davis ann sheridan and monty woolley as the title character.

Man who came to dinner the dvd 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 1942 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. The man who came to dinner is a screen adaptation of a farce about celebrity that was penned by kauffman and hart themselves celebrities at the time they wrote it. 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.

The man who came to dinner is a comedy in three acts by george s. The screenplay by julius and philip g. Kaufman and moss hart. With bette davis ann sheridan monty woolley richard travis.

Kaufman s the man who came to dinner is a brilliantly witty madcap play which manages to combine the sophistication of great comedic literature the frenetic energy of the silliest farce and a genuinely sweet heart into one of the most beloved comedies of the american theatre. Monty woolley plays whiteside as a boss.