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!”

6.7

1933

1h 51m

ComedyDrama

Director: George Cukor

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.

Trailer

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Cast

Carlotta Vance

Marie Dressler

Carlotta Vance

Larry Renault

John Barrymore

Larry Renault

Dan Packard

Wallace Beery

Dan Packard

Kitty Packard

Jean Harlow

Kitty Packard

Oliver Jordan

Lionel Barrymore

Oliver Jordan

Max Kane

Lee Tracy

Max Kane

Dr. Wayne Talbot

Edmund Lowe

Dr. Wayne Talbot

Millicent Jordan

Billie Burke

Millicent Jordan

Paula Jordan

Madge Evans

Paula Jordan

Jo Stengel

Jean Hersholt

Jo Stengel

Lucy Talbot

Karen Morley

Lucy Talbot

Hattie Loomis

Louise Closser Hale

Hattie Loomis

Reviews

talisencrw

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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barrymost

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 host and hostess, and by the conclusion of the film, the viewer knows how and why each of them has chosen whether or not to accept the invitation, with each character's situation shown in an intimate, behind-the-scenes manner. Would I recommend? Yes, but please, don't go into this thinking you're in for a hyper, all-out screwball comedy. It's not. It's a comedy/drama leaning more toward the latter, and it's very...different. That's all.

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