considering the speed at which it clips. But even if you don't catch all of it, you're sure to get your money's worth. It makes laughing at famous people a most satisfying delight." Variety made note of the "superb casting and nifty work by every member of the company" and thought the "only detracting angle in the entire film is [the] slowness of the first quarter. [The] portion in which the characters are being built up, before the complications of the story actually begin, is overlong." Time stated, "Woolley plays Sheridan Whiteside with such vast authority and competence that it is difficult to imagine anyone else attempting it" and added, "Although there is hardly room for the rest of the cast to sandwich in much of a performance between this fattest of fat parts, Bette Davis, hair up, neuroses gone, is excellent as Woolley's lovesick secretary." Time Out London said, "It's rather unimaginatively directed, but the performers savour the sharp, sparklingly cynical dialogue with glee." Monty Woolley was nominated for a New York Film Critics Circle Award in 1942 for Best Actor. Box Office According to Warner Bros records, the film earned rentals of $1,666,000 in the United States and Canada and $899,000 foreign for a worldwide total of $2,565,000. Home media Warner Home Video released the Region 1 DVD on May 30, 2006. The film has an English audio track and subtitles in English, Spanish, and French. Bonus features include The Man Who Came to Dinner: Inside a Classic Comedy, the Joe McDoakes comedy short So You Think You Need Glasses, the musical short Six Hits and a Miss (directed by Jean Negulesco), and the original theatrical trailer. See also List of Christmas films References Further reading Wallis, Hal B. and Higham, Charles, Starmaker: The Autobiography of Hal Wallis. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company 1980. External links 1942 films 1940s Christmas comedy films 1940s screwball comedy films American black-and-white films American Christmas comedy films American films based on plays American screwball comedy films 1940s English-language films Films about actors Films about radio people Films about writers Films directed by William Keighley Films scored by Friedrich Hollaender Films set in Ohio Films with screenplays by Julius J. Epstein Films with screenplays by Philip G. Epstein Warner Bros. films 1942 comedy films 1940s American films