Movie
Dinner at Eight
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1933-12-22
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Marie Dressler as Carlotta Vance
- John Barrymore as Larry Renault
- Wallace Beery as Dan Packard
- Jean Harlow as Kitty Packard
- Lionel Barrymore as Oliver Jordan
- Lee Tracy as Max Kane
- Edmund Lowe as Dr. Wayne Talbot
- Billie Burke as Millicent Jordan
- Madge Evans as Paula Jordan
- Jean Hersholt as Jo Stengel
- Karen Morley as Lucy Talbot
- Louise Closser Hale as Hattie Loomis
Crew
- George Cukor - Director
- John Meehan - Writer
- Frances Marion - Screenplay
- Herman J. Mankiewicz - Screenplay
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