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Inside Joke w/ Monty Woolley

posted 12 years ago by viaggio1
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When Prof. Wutheridge asks Dudley, "Where have I seen you before ?" it's a sly reference to the movie "Night & Day," released the year before "Bishop's Wife." In N&D, Grant played Cole Porter, while Monty played one of his professors (!) at Yale, who fosters Porter's career. (The Professor in N&D, strangely enough, is named Prof. Monty Woolley --- in real life, before becoming a movie actor, Woolley had actually been a prof at Yale, and had indeed fostered Cole Porter's career.)

"J'ai l'oeil AMÉRICAIN !"

[–] columntwentyfive 10 years ago

Wow, I'm grateful that you brought our attention to that! I didn't realize until I read your post. Good insight!

/s/ Signature? Nah, I don't want to sign anything.

[–] viaggio1 10 years ago

Thanks columntwentyfive ! The banter between Grant & Woolley in TBW has always been a treat, but knowing that they were in "Night & Day" as prof & student the year before adds a special chuckle to the proceedings !

J'ai l'œil AMÉRICAIN !

[–] DoctorWhoFan 10 years ago

Very interesting, thank you for mentioning this!

Doctor Who fan

[–] fugazzi49 9 years ago

Thanks for sharing this fact. Though I've seen Night and Day and The Bishop's Wife before I had never seen them close enough in time to remember the casting. These are the kinds of insights that the IMDb is really good for.