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The Man Who Came to Dinner Overview:

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by William Keighley and produced by Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner, Jerry Wald and Jack Saper.

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GlamAmor-ous Holidays--Orry-Kelly Style in 1942's THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER

on Dec 12, 2018 From GlamAmor

Happy holidays! It's hard to believe that Christmas is right around the corner. Like many, I found 2018 filled with great accomplishment, but also some serious challenges as well. Focusing on the positive, thanks to all who joined me for my series at the Egyptian Theatre on the HISTORY OF FASHION IN... Read full article

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

By Summer Reeves on Mar 31, 2016 From Serendipitous Anachronisms

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) 31 Thursday Mar 2016 Posted by Summer Reeves in 1940s, Blogathon, Cinema, Comedy, Romance ≈ Leave a comment Tags1940s, Blogathon, Classic Cinema, Comedy, Movies with Cute Clothes This post is part o... Read full article

GlamAmor-ous Holidays--Orry-Kelly Style in 1942's THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER

on Dec 19, 2015 From GlamAmor

Happy holidays! It's hard to believe that Christmas is right around the corner. The last six months have been an absolute whirlwind for me. My passion for protecting and preserving classic cinema took me in a new direction this year - becoming the Manager of Marketing for Sony's classic film channel... Read full article

GlamAmor-ous Holidays--Orry-Kelly Style in 1942's THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER

on Dec 18, 2014 From GlamAmor

1942's The Man Who Came to Dinner has slowly become one of the classics I watch every year around the holidays. Though it's not necessarily a Christmas movie per se, it definitely has many of the elements that make for holiday fun, such as ice-skating on a frozen pond and placing presents around a ... Read full article

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

By Beatrice on Aug 25, 2014 From Flickers in Time

The Man Who Came to Dinner Directed by William Keighley Written by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein from the play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart 1942/USA Warner Bros. First viewing/Netflix rental This is a wacky frenetic comedy something along the lines of Kaufman and Hart’s You Can... Read full article

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The Man Who Came to Dinner Quotes:

Sheridan Whiteside: Strange? She's right out of The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Sheridan Whiteside: I simply will not sit down to dinner with midwestern barbarians, I think too highly of my digestive system.
Maggie Cutler: Harry Clarke is one of your oldest friends.
Sheridan Whiteside: My stomach is an older one.
Maggie Cutler: And Mrs. Stanley is president of the women's club.
Sheridan Whiteside: I wouldn't care if she was the whole cabinet.
Maggie Cutler: [to Sheridan] Don't you pull any of your tricks on me, because I'm on to every one of them. So lay off. That's my message to you... "Big" Lord Fauntleroy!
Sheridan Whiteside: This ageing debutante, Mr. Jefferson, I retain in my employ only because she is the sole support of her two-headed brother!
Sheridan Whiteside: Go in and read the life of Florence Nightingale and learn how unfitted you are for your chosen profession.
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The Man Who Came to Dinner Facts
The poem Whiteside recites ("Harriet Stanley took an ax; gave her father forty whacks...") is - but for the name - the same as the rhyme about Lizzie Borden, who was accused of killing her father and step-mother...with an ax.
Mary Wickes, one of only two members of the original Broadway cast in the film version (with Monty Woolley), makes her screen debut. She also carried the role in the 1972 TV version.
After Banjo repeats the "Harriet Stanley took an ax and gave her mother 40 whacks" poem first recited by Whiteside, he jokes, "The Dodgers could have used her." This is likely a reference to the recently completed 1941 World Series, in which the Brooklyn Dodgers were defeated by the New York Yankees, 4 games to 1.
Bette Davis saw "The Man Who Came to Dinner" on Broadway and immediately wanted to play the role of Maggie, the antithesis of her usual roles. She wanted the role desperately because she wanted to act opposite John Barrymore who was to play Sheridan Whiteside. At her insistence, Warner Bros. tested Barrymore for the role but his failing health and inability to remember his lines cost him the job.
The original Broadway production of "The Man Who Came to Dinner" by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman opened at the Music Box Theater on October 16, 1939 and ran for 739 performances.
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