The Man Who Came to Dinner

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 9/3/04 at 9:06pm

It's on tv right now!
I didn't know that Billie Burke was in this movie...

[SamIAm]

Posted: 9/3/04 at 9:26pm

I do like the movie and the fact that they pretty well just stuck to the play.

Did you see the brief revival done in 2000 by Nathan Lane, Hank Stratton, Jean Smart, Lewis Stadlen, Harriett Harris, et al? It runs on PBS occassionally and is well worth watching.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 9/3/04 at 9:30pm

Yes I did! I'm a huge fan of Mr.Lane's work.
I think I developed an ulcer from laughing so hard when that peguin came onstage

[Marquise]

Posted: 9/3/04 at 9:55pm

i dont remember a penguin in guess whos coming to dinner?

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 9/3/04 at 10:05pm

Marquise
This is the movie I'm refering to
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033874/
This is that marvelous Sidney Poitier movie you're thinking of
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061735/

[Marquise]

Posted: 9/3/04 at 10:27pm

LOL I know, I was kidding...

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 9/3/04 at 10:35pm

[slaps self]
I really wish typing could somehow be in a different font when sarcasm is present. I'm so slow at these things. Please forgive me

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 9/3/04 at 10:43pm

omigosh!
One of the characters honestly said "Why, you must be joshing me?!"
And all this time I though it was only a 90's slang!!!

[Jon]

Posted: 9/3/04 at 11:01pm

Does anyone remember the made-for-TV movie version from the early 70's?

Orson Welles as Whiteside
Lee Remick as Maggie
Marty Feldman as Banjo
Mary Wickes reprising her original role as Miss Preen
Don Knotts as the doctor.

Posted: 9/3/04 at 11:23pm

we're doing The Man Who Came to Dinner as our Fall Play...
what's the best female part in it?

I heard it's hilarious, and I'm quite excited... except that I was really looking forward to doing "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" (the advisor and I had discussed doing it and she said that this year she wouldn't be doing it cause she felt that it would take away from the school musical and it may not be accepted by her boss)

[Jon]

Posted: 9/3/04 at 11:43pm

The real female lead is Maggie Cutler, Whiteside's secretary - played by Bette Davis in the movie. She's smart and sarcastic. She falls in love with a local reporter, and Whiteside tries to sabotage the romance so she won't leave her job.

The suopporting role of Lorraine Sheldon, the actress, can steal the show.

Other good supporting comic roles are Miss Preen (the nurse) and Miss Stanley, the crazy aunt.

Posted: 9/5/04 at 10:08pm

I'm really excited about this show. I've heard so many good things about it and cannot wait to be a part of it... it'll be very soon for school starts for me on Tuesday-eeeek!
Thanks for the info.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 2:46pm

Miss Stanley is my fav! Depending on the director you can chew every piece of scenery there is w out having to memorize too many lines!

[Chevstriss]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 2:59pm

who played Lorraine in the TV version? that was one of my bread & butter roles about 10 yrs ago.

[SamIAm]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 3:32pm

By 'tv version' do you mean the stage version that was taped and is often played on PBS or do you mean the movie?

[Jon]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 3:36pm

In the 1972 Orson Welles Made-for-TV version, JOAN COLLINS played Lorraine Sheldon!


In the recent Broadway revival which was taped for PBS, Jean Smart played Lorraine.

[Chevstriss]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 3:36pm

since I've never seen it, i don't know how it was taped. someone posted about it above - starring Orson Welles and Lee Remick.

[Glebb]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 3:38pm

I love Billie Burke in "Gildersleeve on Broadway," "Father of The Bride" and oh so many films.

I used to know a very pretty strawberry blonde dog that was named after her.

Posted: 9/10/04 at 6:24pm

hey all~ I got cast as June Stanley in this show today! Is that a good thing? I was hoping for Lorraine, and I was shoe-in (or so everyone and myself thought) but today's 2nd audition (i was asked to come back) there was a girl there and she's a freshman and she's good, but when i asked the director about it she said we were equally great just that the girl had a good voice for the character that she was looking for. I don't see why she wouldn't have mentioned it though... i mean i created a different voice than myself for the part, but I would have appreciated her idea of what she wanted for Lorraine in the beginning. Anyways, the freshman got it. I was just thinking that doesn't seniority count at this point? finally, when i'm a senior it doesn't?!

Posted: 9/10/04 at 6:24pm

oops... double post
Updated On: 9/10/04 at 06:24 PM

[fae]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 3:48am

i was in this show ages ago and had a blast. i was miss preen (the much harrassed nurse) and a good friend of mine was the crazy aunt...
have fun with your show. i believe that miss stanley is the aunt right? i always thought that rita rudner would have made an excellent crazy aunt with an airheaded/spiritual portrayal.
good luck!

Posted: 9/11/04 at 10:22am

what's the role of June like? Is it good?

[Chevstriss]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 4:31pm

june is the ingenue. ITs not a huge role.

Lorraine is supposed to be 35 or older.

go figger.

Posted: 9/11/04 at 11:13pm

yeah, i know. it was frustrating about the Loraine role. and I know that June isn't a huge role, but is it somewhat good? i mean she has a storyline going on about her and her boyfriend who are in love and the parents aren't happy about it.

[Chevstriss]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 11:16pm

its a basic ingenue role. Its also one of the few roles that was not patterened after an actual famous person of the 30s, which is what the show is about.