Man Who Came to Dinner

     

Man Who Came to Dinner1942

Director: Richard L. Bare, William Keighley, Jean Negulesco
Stars: Bette Davis, Monty Woolley, Ann Sheridan, Jimmy Durante, Billie Burke
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 113 minutes

Nathan Lane practically explodes with bile as Sheridan Whiteside, a tyrannical radio celebrity who has been trapped in a Midwestern household by an injured hip. Whiteside rails entertainingly at the quavering family he's stuck with, but the play rea… more »


Nurse Preen:
I am not only walking out on this case, Mr. Whiteside, I am leaving the nursing profession. I became a nurse because all my life, ever since I was a little girl, I was filled with the idea of serving a suffering humanity. After one month with you , Mr. Whiteside, I am going to work in a munitions factory. From now on , anything I can do to help exterminate the human race will fill me with the greatest of pleasure. If Florence Nightingale had ever nursed YOU, Mr. Whiteside, she would have married Jack the Ripper instead of founding the Red Cross!

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