Dinner at Eight (1933)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Phoebe Foster
Miss Alden
Elizabeth Patterson
Miss Copeland
Hilda Vaughn
Tina
Harry Beresford
Fosdick
Edwin Maxwell
Mr. Fitch
John Davidson
Mr. Hatfield
Edward Woods
Eddie
Anna Duncan
Dora
Herman Bing
Waiter
George Baxter
Gustave (uncredited)
Mary Dees
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Tenen Holtz
Butler (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
Butler (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Lucy (uncredited)
George Cukor
Director
John Meehan
Writer
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Joseph M. Newman
Assistant Director
Cullen Tate
Assistant Director
Charles E. Wallace
Sound Mixer
Frank Tanner
Still Photographer
Harvey White
Still Photographer
Chester W. Schaeffer
Assistant Editor
George S. Kaufman
Theatre Play
Edna Ferber
Theatre Play
Donald Ogden Stewart
Additional Dialogue
David O. Selznick
Producer
Ben Lewis
Editor
Hobe Erwin
Art Direction
Fredric Hope
Art Direction
Adrian
Costume Design
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Frances Marion
Screenplay
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Screenplay
William Axt
Original Music Composer
Bert Spurlin
Props
William Riley
Assistant Camera
Floyd Porter
Gaffer
A. Lindsley Lane
Camera Operator
Roy Clark
Still Photographer
Eugene Joseff
Other
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 22, 1933
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 51m
Budget$435,000
Box Office$2,156,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
new york
business man
great depression
based on play or musical
extramarital affair
socialite
pre-code
financial problem
shipping magnate
dinner party
socialite party
shipping company
stage actress
fading star
heart condition
adultery
blackmail
alcoholism
debt
social satire
eviction
financier
unhappy marriage
suicide by gas
corrupt businessman
theatrical agent
theatre producer
Wiki.
Dinner at Eight is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor from a screenplay by Frances Marion and Herman J. Mankiewicz, based on George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's 1932 play of the same title. The film features an ensemble cast of Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Edmund Lowe, and Billie Burke.
Dinner at Eight continues to be acclaimed by critics; review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 91% based on 22 reviews.
In 2023, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".
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