该片是由威廉·凯利执导的喜剧片,于1942年上映，主要讲述了:Du.ring a cross-co.untry lec.ture tour, noto.riously a.cerbic radio personality Sh.eridan Whiteside s.lips on the icy. steps of the h.ouse of the Stanleys, a .prominent. Ohio family., and is .forced to recupera.te in their home d.uring the Christmas h.olidays. The. overbearing, self.-cente.red. celebrit.y soon comes to. dominate. the lives of t.he reside.nts and everyone else who e.nters the househol.d. He encourage.s young adults .Richard and June Stanley. to pursu.e their drea.ms, much .to the dismay of t.heir conventional .father Ernest.　　Meanw.hile, Whites.ide's spinster ass.istant. Ma.ggie Cutl.er finds hersel.f attract.ed to local new.spaperman. Bert Jefferson. When she r.eads Bert's play, .she is so impre.ssed she asks W.hiteside to show it to h.is contac.ts, and then. announce.s she will quit hi.s employment and m.arry Bert. However, h.er boss is l.oath to lose such .an eff.ici.ent aide .and does his be.st to sab.otage the bloss.oming rom.ance...