The Man Who Came To Dinner - Just Stopped In

1941 William Keighley adaptation of Kaufman-Hart play screenplay by Julius and Philip Epstein. A delightful comedy starring Bette Davis and Monte Woolley. Lots a wonderful character pop into the house like vaudeville great Jimmy Durante here as an entertainer named Banjo. "Come to my room in a half hour and bring some rye bread." Nurse Preen played by Mary Wickes, born into a wealthy family as Mary Isabella Wickenhauser on June 13, 1910, in St. Louis, Missouri. Planning to become a lawyer, she earned a political science degree from Washington University in St. Louis, but gave it up to pursue theater. She started out doing summer stock in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, before moving to New York where in 1934 she snatched a walk-on part in the Broadway play "The Farmer Takes a Wife". With her distinctive looks, intelligence and great comedic timing her career took off first on stage and then in movies. The role in The Man Who Came to Dinner, which she had played on Broadway, was her film debut and she continued to work steadily on stage,movies and television until 1997. She had recurring roles in numerous 50's and 60's television shows including I Love Lucy, Dennis the Menace, Zorro, The Danny Thomas Show

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[slowdream101]

Banjo is based on Harpo Marx

[oakjackson]

@slowdream101 Yes, that he was. Kaufman and Hart wrote the play for their friend famous theater critic Alexander Woollcott, who help launch the careers of the Marx brothers and was a close friend of Harpo's. Harpo was an honorary member of the famed Algonquin Round Table.

[shiro80]

i always have the feeling of wanted go heheheehhe