She's a crazy Brewster who poisons lonely old men in one film. Josephine Hull got to do two of her stage roles for the screen, this one and one of the Brewster sisters in Arsenic and Old Lace. Jesse White was in Hollywood to stay after that and entertained us for decades. Only two players from the original Broadway cast made it to the big screen version, Josephine Hull as Elvetia Simmons, Stewart's sister and Jesse White as Wilson the attendant from the mental sanitarium with the 'dynamic personality'. I'm sure it helped to have a big movie name go on Broadway to help sales, but when word of mouth and the rave reviews of the critics got out, the play turned from a hit to a classic. Whereas Stewart emphasized the whimsical in Dowd, Fay purportedly leaned towards the alcoholic of which he had enough personal experience.įay left the play and Stewart was brought in and it literally rejuvenated the play. It was originally done on Broadway by Frank Fay.
Dowd in Harvey that few today are aware that he did not introduce the part. James Stewart became so identified with the role of Elwood P.
Reviewed by bkoganbing 10 / 10 "I recommend pleasant, you may quote me"
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