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new york city adultery blackmail businessman great depression alcoholism based on play or musical debt social satire extramarital affair socialite pre-code eviction financial problem heart condition financier shipping magnate dinner party socialite party shipping company unhappy marriage stage actress fading star stage actor suicide by gas corrupt businessman theatrical agent theatre producer
Dinner at Eight
Release Date: December 22, 1933
| Year | : | 1933 |
| Slogan | : | «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!» |
| Genres | : | Comedy, Drama |
| Production Companies | : | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Director | : | George Cukor |
| Producers | : | David O. Selznick |
| Writers | : | Edna Ferber, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Frances Marion, George S. Kaufman, John Meehan |
| RunTime | : | 111 mins. |
| Budget | : | 435000 |
| Revenue | : | 2156000 |
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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Clip: Dinner at Eight (1933) Hilda Vaughn , Jean Harlow, and Billie Burke. scene
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Clip: Jean Harlow Gems from "Dinner At Eight"
Main Actors
Marie Dressler
Character : Carlotta Vance
John Barrymore
Character : Larry Renault
Wallace Beery
Character : Dan Packard
Jean Harlow
Character : Kitty Packard
Lionel Barrymore
Character : Oliver Jordan
Lee Tracy
Character : Max Kane
Edmund Lowe
Character : Dr. Wayne Talbot
Billie Burke
Character : Millicent Jordan
Madge Evans
Character : Paula Jordan
Jean Hersholt
Character : Jo Stengel
Karen Morley
Character : Lucy Talbot
Louise Closser Hale
Character : Hattie Loomis
Phillips Holmes
Character : Ernest DeGraff
May Robson
Character : Mrs. Wendel
Grant Mitchell
Character : Ed Loomis
Phoebe Foster
Character : Miss Alden
Elizabeth Patterson
Character : Miss Copeland
Hilda Vaughn
Character : Tina
Harry Beresford
Character : Fosdick
Edwin Maxwell
Character : Mr. Fitch
John Davidson
Character : Mr. Hatfield
Edward Woods
Character : Eddie
Anna Duncan
Character : Dora
Herman Bing
Character : Waiter
George Baxter
Character : Gustave (uncredited)
Mary Dees
Character : Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Tenen Holtz
Character : Butler (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
Character : Butler (uncredited)
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