The Man Who Came To Dinner
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One of Morrissey's favourite films - via NME interview (1983):
[Morrissey - "Portrait Of The Artist As A Consumer"]
Also contains the lines that were potentially a lyrical influence for Cemetry Gates:
"All those people, all those lives, where are they now ? Here was a woman who once lived and loved, full of the same passions, fears, jealousies, hates. And what remains of it now ... I want to cry."
The character name in this film: "Sheridan Whiteside" was use by Morrissey as an early pen name (pre-Smiths) and features twice as a matrix message on:
- "MURDER AT THE WOOL HALL" (x) STARRING SHERIDAN WHITESIDE" on I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
- "THE RETURN OF THE SUBMISSIVE SOCIETY" (x) STARRING SHERIDAN WHITESIDE" on Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
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The Man Who Came to Dinner is a 1942 American screwball comedy film directed by William Keighley, and starring Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan and, as the titular character, Monty Woolley. The screenplay by Julius and Philip G. Epstein is based on the 1939 play The Man Who Came to Dinner by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. The supporting cast features Jimmy Durante and Billie Burke.