I have always thought this a classic film, yet very underrated and understated. Although Kaufman is probably best remembered for the Marx Brothers "A night at the opera", you only see the genius of the script when it is performed by a sterling cast who don't improvise. Although the plot is typical Kaufman it is encrusted with some excellent comic inventions pertinent to the time that may be lost now. Both Jimmy Durante as Banjo and Reginald Gardiner as Beverly Carlton perform excellent parodies of Harpo Marx and Noel Coward respectively. Anne Sheridan is brilliant as the bitch; Davis has never really given a bad performance and as always Mary Wickes as nurse Preen is a joy.
Review of The Man Who Came to Dinner
