 John Emery (I) (qv), playing actor Clayton Evans, says hes  arrived in town to appear in a production of "The Man Who Came to  Dinner", by George S. Kaufman (qv) and Moss Hart (qv), (who also  wrote the play on which this film is based). Ann Sheridan (qv)  played Lorraine Sheldon in the 1942 film version  (_Man Who Came to Dinner, The (1942)_ (qv)).