Monty Woolley

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Monty Woolley

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Irving Pichel
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…a top-notch thriller that starred Monty Woolley (in an Academy Award-nominated performance) and, as the Nazi commandant, Otto Preminger; the film also received an Oscar nomination for best picture. Life Begins at Eight-thirty (1942) featured Woolley again, this time as an alcoholic who ruins his daughter’s life. The Moon Is…
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…a top-notch thriller that starred Monty Woolley (in an Academy Award-nominated performance) and, as the Nazi commandant, Otto Preminger; the film also received an Oscar nomination for best picture. Life Begins at Eight-thirty (1942) featured Woolley again, this time as an alcoholic who ruins his daughter’s life. The Moon Is…
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William Keighley
…fine performances by Davis and Monty Woolley, who re-created his stage role with verve. Nearly as funny was George Washington Slept Here (1942), which was based on another popular Kaufman-Hart play; it starred Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, and Charles Coburn.
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…fine performances by Davis and Monty Woolley, who re-created his stage role with verve. Nearly as funny was George Washington Slept Here (1942), which was based on another popular Kaufman-Hart play; it starred Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, and Charles Coburn.
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