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Dinner at Eight

Name: Dinner at Eight
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1933-12-22
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 6.81

★ 6,8 /10 (129 Votes)

1933 EN 111 min

Overview

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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Release date

22/12/1933

Votes

129

Popularity

2.3

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Genres

Comedy Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

111 min

Budget

$435,000

Revenue

$2,156,000

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

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Anna Duncan

Dora

Herman Bing

Waiter

George Baxter

Gustave (uncredited)

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Mary Dees

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Tenen Holtz

Butler (uncredited)

Frank Puglia

Butler (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Lucy (uncredited)

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Excellent. Part of my TCM Jean Harlow 4-pack, and the bonus feature-length doc on Harlow's short life and career is exemplary. Highly recommended to any Pre-Code connoisseurs--and I know you're out there...

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One of great director George Cukor's best films, Dinner at Eight is a prime example of a Pre-Code era classic, and an excellent star vehicle for the combined multifarious talents of Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Brothers Barrymore (Lionel and John), Jean Harlow, and Billie Burke, among others. Coupled with the great acting is the offbeat and alternately dramatic and humorous story line of the flighty hostess who plans an extravagant dinner party for a wealthy and highly-esteemed British couple who never do show up. The audience is introduced one by one to the various guests, as well as the …

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