ComedyDrama

Dinner at Eight

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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.

Release Date : 1933-12-22

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Dinner at 8

Cast

Character Name : Carlotta Vance

Original Name : Marie Dressler

Gender : Female

Character Name : Larry Renault

Original Name : John Barrymore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dan Packard

Original Name : Wallace Beery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kitty Packard

Original Name : Jean Harlow

Gender : Female

Character Name : Oliver Jordan

Original Name : Lionel Barrymore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Max Kane

Original Name : Lee Tracy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Wayne Talbot

Original Name : Edmund Lowe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Millicent Jordan

Original Name : Billie Burke

Gender : Female

Character Name : Paula Jordan

Original Name : Madge Evans

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jo Stengel

Original Name : Jean Hersholt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lucy Talbot

Original Name : Karen Morley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hattie Loomis

Original Name : Louise Closser Hale

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ernest DeGraff

Original Name : Phillips Holmes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Wendel

Original Name : May Robson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ed Loomis

Original Name : Grant Mitchell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Alden

Original Name : Phoebe Foster

Gender : Female

Character Name : Miss Copeland

Original Name : Elizabeth Patterson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tina

Original Name : Hilda Vaughn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Fosdick

Original Name : Harry Beresford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Fitch

Original Name : Edwin Maxwell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Hatfield

Original Name : John Davidson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eddie

Original Name : Edward Woods

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dora

Original Name : Anna Duncan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Herman Bing

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gustave (uncredited)

Original Name : George Baxter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Mary Dees

Gender : Female

Character Name : Butler (uncredited)

Original Name : Tenen Holtz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Butler (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Puglia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lucy (uncredited)

Original Name : Bess Flowers

Gender : Female

Reviews

talisencrw

@talisencrw

2021-06-23

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...

barrymost

@barrymost

2021-06-23

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.