Dinner at Eight
“HERE IS THE SCREEN'S CLIMAX OF GLAMOR AND THRILL THAT RAN OVER A YEAR ON BROADWAY! THE STAGE SMASH NOW A SENSATIONAL FILM TRIUMPH!”
1933•NR•1h 51m•6.8•Released
ComedyDrama
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.
Director
George Cukor
Writer
John Meehan, Frances Marion, Herman J. Mankiewicz
Budget
$0M
Revenue
$2M
Languages
English
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Marie Dressler
Carlotta Vance
John Barrymore
Larry Renault
Wallace Beery
Dan Packard
Jean Harlow
Kitty Packard
Lionel Barrymore
Oliver Jordan
Lee Tracy
Max Kane
Edmund Lowe
Dr. Wayne Talbot
Billie Burke
Millicent Jordan
Madge Evans
Paula Jordan
Jean Hersholt
Jo Stengel
Karen Morley
Lucy Talbot
Louise Closser Hale
Hattie Loomis
Phillips Holmes
Ernest DeGraff
May Robson
Mrs. Wendel
Grant Mitchell
Ed Loomis
Production
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer
David O. Selznick
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