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Holiday Movie Matinee: The Man Who Came to Dinner

Enjoy a week of matinees featuring classic holiday movies. Today's feature is: The Man Who Came to Dinner starring Monty Woolley, Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan and Richard Travis. (113 min.)

**Please check in at the desk upon arrival. Space is limited due to room capacity.** For Adults only

Date:
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Time:
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Cos Cob Library Community Room
Audience:
  Adult  
Categories:
  Films and TV  

While on a speaking tour in Ohio, opinionated and arrogant radio personality Sheridan Whiteside (Monty Woolley) injures himself slipping on ice and becomes an unexpected houseguest for a prominent area family, the Stanleys. Whiteside proceeds to make brash proclamations and offer his unsolicited advice to the family members. When a romance begins between Whiteside's assistant, Maggie Cutler (Bette Davis), and a local reporter, Bert Jefferson (Richard Travis), he interferes with that as well.

Release date: January 24, 1942 (USA)

Director: William Keighley

Screenplay: Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein

Adapted from: The Man Who Came to Dinner

Running time: 1h 53m

Story by: George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart