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1、1GuessWho’sComingtoDinner(Drama/Comedy)(1967)©2000byRaymondWeschlerMajorCharactersJohnWadePrentice……………………………………SidneyPortierAveryaccomplishedandsweetblackdoctorwhoworksfortheUnitedNations’WorldHealthOrganization.JohnfallsinlovewithJoey,hisfirstrelationshipsincehiswifeandc
2、hildwerekilledinanaccidenteightyearsearlier.Joey(Joanna)Drayton………………………………….KatherineHoughtonAsweetandinnocentyoungwhitewomanwholivesinSanFrancisco,whomeetsandfallsinlovewithJohnwhileonvacationinHawaii.MattDrayton………………………………………………SpencerTracyJoey’sfather,whoisawealthyand
3、veryliberalSanFrancisconewspaperpublisher,andwhohasspokenoutforracialequalityandcivilrightsallofhisadultlife.ChristinaDrayton………………………………..……KatherineHepburnJoey’smother,whoownsasmallartgallery,andwhohasalsobeenasupporterofcivilrightsallofherlife.MonsignorRyan…………………………………
4、.…….CecilKellawayACatholicpriest,whohasbeenadearfamilyfriendoftheDraytons,whoisalsoanextremelyliberalandtolerantperson(A“monsignor”isawordforanofficialofthechurch).Tillie(MissMatildaBanks)………………………...IsabelSanfordTheDrayton’sblackhousekeeper,whohasbeenapartofthefamilyforov
5、er22years,andwhohelpedraiseJoeyfromwhenshewasababy.Mr.Prentice…………………………………………………RoyE.GlennSr.John’sfather,aretiredmailmanwholivesinLosAngeles.Mrs.Prentice………………………………………………..BeahRichardsJohn’sextremelysweetandthoughtfulmother.HillarySt.George………………………………………….VirginiaChris
6、tineAnassistanttoChristinawhoworksinherartgallery.2PlotSummaryThisfilmistheclassicstoryofaJoanna,ayoung,charmingandinnocentwoman,whofallsinlovewith,anddecidestomarry,John,awonderfulblackdoctor.Morespecifically,itisthestoryofhowthepeoplearoundthem,includingtheirparents,frie
7、ndsandothers,reacttothenewsofapossiblemarriagebetweenablackmanandawhitewoman.Joannahadbeenconvincedthatherparentswouldhavenoproblemwiththesituation,becausetheyhadalwaysraisedhertobelievethatblacksandwhiteswereequal,andthatthatanykindofracialintolerancewasunacceptable.Howev
8、er,whenhermotherlearnsofthemarriageplans,sheisatfirstmoreshockedthanhappy,andwhenherfathe