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Programme Information

Spot-on caricatures of the likes of Noel Coward and Harpo Marx add spice to this delicious adaptation of the Kaufman-Hart comedy about a pompous critic who descends on an unsuspecting midwestern family. Monty Woolley re-creates his Broadway role.

Keywords:

Comedy, Based-on-Play, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1942) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Bette Davis	.... Maggie Cutler
Ann Sheridan	.... Lorraine Sheldon
Monty Woolley	.... Sheridan Whiteside
Richard Travis	.... Bertram H. 'Bert' Jefferson
Jimmy Durante	.... Banjo
Billie Burke	.... Daisy Stanley

Supporting Cast:

Reginald Gardiner	.... Beverly Carlton
Elisabeth Fraser	.... June Stanley
Grant Mitchell	.... Ernest W. Stanley
George Barbier	.... Dr. E. Bradley
Mary Wickes	.... Nurse Preen
Russell Arms	.... Richard Stanley
Ruth Vivian	.... Harriet Stanley
Edwin Stanley	.... John
Betty Roadman	.... Sarah

Directors:

William Keighley

Writers:

Julius J. Epstein
Philip G. Epstein