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12-13-2008, 02:50 AM
Danny DeVito To Remake Classic 1940s Film
Danny DeVito is set to play the title role in a re-make of the classic 1941 comedy The Man Who Came To Dinner. The small-town yarn was originally directed by William Keighley for Warner Bros and starred Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan and Monty Woolley. Woolley, a close personal friend of Cole Porter, reprised his Broadway role of a pompous critic who returns to his Midwestern hometown to accept an award. Things start going wrong when he goes to dinner with a wealthy local resident and is taken ill, and is forced to become an unwanted house guest. In the new version, the critic becomes an arrogant talk-show host. A film crew member says, "Danny has been dreaming about playing this part for many years. It is one of his favorites. Steven Spielberg thinks it could become a modern-day classic."Should they make another remake of this classic from the 40's Danny Deveto would be a great Whitesgin, as the grumpy old man in the wheel chair and faking a illness, bullying all his people around. Kind of like Mr Scrooge, Bettie Davis as Maggie as the secetery, who would play the main parts?
Danny DeVito is set to play the title role in a re-make of the classic 1941 comedy The Man Who Came To Dinner. The small-town yarn was originally directed by William Keighley for Warner Bros and starred Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan and Monty Woolley. Woolley, a close personal friend of Cole Porter, reprised his Broadway role of a pompous critic who returns to his Midwestern hometown to accept an award. Things start going wrong when he goes to dinner with a wealthy local resident and is taken ill, and is forced to become an unwanted house guest. In the new version, the critic becomes an arrogant talk-show host. A film crew member says, "Danny has been dreaming about playing this part for many years. It is one of his favorites. Steven Spielberg thinks it could become a modern-day classic."Should they make another remake of this classic from the 40's Danny Deveto would be a great Whitesgin, as the grumpy old man in the wheel chair and faking a illness, bullying all his people around. Kind of like Mr Scrooge, Bettie Davis as Maggie as the secetery, who would play the main parts?