The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1942. Directed by William Keighley. By 1942, Sheridan’s proletarian sassiness was well enough established that she could teasingly play against type, here as a predatory Broadway actress (partly based on Tallulah Bankhead) who forces herself into the Midwestern home where a famously grouchy radio personality (Monty Woolley) has been confined because of a damaged hip. Bette Davis, Jimmy Durante, Billie Burke, Reginald Gardner, and Mary Wilkes costar in this adaptation of the Kaufman and Hart play. 112 min.