sentences:  Hart left MGM to go back to the stage.Back on Broadway he appeared in a flop, "Leaf and Bough" (1949) (co-starring Charlton Heston), then in April 1949 took over for Sam Wanamaker in "Goodbye, My Fancy" (1948-1949) which ran for 446 performances in all.Hart had a hit as the original Uncle Desmonde in "The Happy Time" (1950-1951) opposite Claude Dauphin and Eva Gabor which ran 614 performances.