HOTPOINT HOLIDAY HOUR: THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
(RADIO)

Summary

This Christmas special features the play, "The Man Who Came to Dinner," originally written for the stage by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Jack Benny plays Sheridan Whiteside, a distinguished author and radio personality with an interest in mass murderers. Whiteside is a cantankerous old man who is used to being pampered; while touring the United States, he injures himself at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stanley. Consequently, Whiteside takes over their house as his own personal command center, invites his friends from prison to their home, and, at the same time, files a lawsuit against the Stanleys for $150,000. Whiteside becomes entangled in unforeseen problems, including the resignation of his secretary (Dorothy McGuire), who plans to marry a local reporter (Gregory Peck); a bumbling local doctor who confuses him with another patient; and visitors who pop in unexpectedly. Because Whiteside does not want his secretary to leave him, he convinces a friend to steal the reporter's affection. When he realizes how distraught he has made his secretary, Whiteside tries to remedy the situation and asks for help from another friend, Banjo (Gene Kelly). Includes commercials.

Details

• NETWORK: CBS
• DATE: December 25, 1949 Sunday 5:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 1:04:30
  
• COLOR/B&W: N/A
• CATALOG ID: R91:0157
• GENRE: Radio - Drama
• SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Music, popular (songs, etc.)
• SERIES RUN: CBS - Radio, 1949
  
• COMMERCIALS:
  • Radio - Commercials - Hotpoint kitchen appliances

CREDITS

• Mel Ferrer … Producer, Director
• Moss Hart … Writer
• George S. Kaufman … Writer
• Hugh Wedlock … Adapted by
• Howard Snyder … Adapted by
• Lee Harleen … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Composed, Arranged, and Conducted by
• Marvin Miller … Announcer
• John Garfield … Announcer
• Henry Fonda … Narrator
• Jack Benny … Cast, Sheridan Whiteside
• Gene Kelly … Cast, Banjo
• Gregory Peck … Cast, Burt Jefferson
• Charles Boyer … Cast, Marcel Duval
• Rosalind Russell … Cast, Lorraine Sheldon
• Dorothy McGuire … Cast, Maggie
• Eleanor Audley … Cast
• Bea Benaderet … Cast
• Lois Corbett … Cast
• William Waterman … Cast
• Roland Winters … Cast
• Joe Forte … Cast
• Dick Ryan … Cast
• Edith Angold … Cast