tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post587306095452298337..comments2024-03-28T16:21:30.329-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): FORGOTTEN MOVIES: THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNERpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-16456146879790131572015-01-02T22:40:47.510-05:002015-01-02T22:40:47.510-05:00FWIW, Durante's character was based on Harpo M...FWIW, Durante's character was based on Harpo Marx. (Whiteside was supposed to be Alexander Woollcott, and who remembers him?) One critic said he thought it'd have been an improvement had Davis and Sheridan played each others' characters.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03805824916990046586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-11637137292785458302014-12-31T22:07:50.707-05:002014-12-31T22:07:50.707-05:00Maybe it's my age, and I remember Durante from...Maybe it's my age, and I remember Durante from movies and TV, but I really like his OTT performance in this film. Davis and Sheridan are, however, wasted in the film; I agree.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-61548360938852086122014-12-31T00:57:16.653-05:002014-12-31T00:57:16.653-05:00I have a soft spot in my head for this because I d...I have a soft spot in my head for this because I did it in college. I played the doctor (and did a heck of a better job than the guy in the movie if I say so myself). <br /><br />Our Durante character was done by a guy who did an excellent Groucho Marx. <br /><br />As for the lovely Ann Sheridan, keep an eye on her blouse. There's nothing under it but primo Ann.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-25278530791364867162014-12-30T14:48:28.073-05:002014-12-30T14:48:28.073-05:00Maybe the movie's warts can be attributed to t...Maybe the movie's warts can be attributed to the old studio contract system; actors -- good, bad, and ugly -- found themselves in the oddest roles in the oddest movies.<br /><br />But if we consider the contexts and era for the movie, it has everything it needed to have to be simply entertaining in both some sophisticated and unsophisticated ways. It was, after all, simply entertainment. Now it has become a TCM cable/satellite staple. And who doesn't need a mindless TCM fix every now and then. (Note: even as I put these words onto the screen, the old King Kong film is showing on TCM. Now that's entertainment!)R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-12213154828064110582014-12-30T14:39:06.127-05:002014-12-30T14:39:06.127-05:00I don't think he ever played anyone other than...I don't think he ever played anyone other than himself and he really throws it off here. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-62344928121999864882014-12-30T14:04:19.698-05:002014-12-30T14:04:19.698-05:00It's like he wandered in from another movie, d...It's like he wandered in from another movie, did his tiresome schtick, and left. Other than shoving Ann Sheridan into a sarcophagus, he does absolutely nothing in the movie except drain the air out if every scene he's in!Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-74905518957103801842014-12-30T13:32:49.205-05:002014-12-30T13:32:49.205-05:00THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER does show its age, but ...THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER does show its age, but I find it amusing nonetheless. Like Deb, I could do without Jimmy Durante's antics.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-230397513925694772014-12-30T11:21:57.779-05:002014-12-30T11:21:57.779-05:00How weird. The letters do not show up as I type bu...How weird. The letters do not show up as I type but they show up in when I post.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-86835027590970116322014-12-30T11:21:35.426-05:002014-12-30T11:21:35.426-05:00TestingTestingCharles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-30434254201444442562014-12-30T11:13:51.771-05:002014-12-30T11:13:51.771-05:00I've never seen the film, but I've seen th...I've never seen the film, but I've seen the play about a dozen times. Seems like every theatrical company does it at least once. Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-33242443121833300262014-12-30T09:58:12.383-05:002014-12-30T09:58:12.383-05:00Oh, this is one of our family favorites--although ...Oh, this is one of our family favorites--although the actor who plays the love interest is as wooden as a pair of clogs and I could do without Jimmy Durante's hammy exploits--but all in all we have a fun time watching it, especially the criminally-underused Ann Sheridan. I suppose movies are like books in that you never see the same one twice--you're always a different person when you see it the next time.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-74915687303189027432014-12-30T08:57:02.626-05:002014-12-30T08:57:02.626-05:00Interesting how the same film can make different i...Interesting how the same film can make different impressions at different times in our lives...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com