"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!"
Budget:$435,000
Revenue:$2,156,000
Release:12/22/1933
Genres:Comedy | Drama
Original language:English
Spoken languages:English
Countries:United States of America
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.… Expand
Dinner at Eight (1933) , Wallace Beery, Marie Dressler, Lionel Barrymore.
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Dinner at Eight (1933) Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Marie Dressler .
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Dinner at Eight (1933) Hilda Vaughn , Jean Harlow, and Billie Burke. scene
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Dinner at Eight (1933) Billie Burke, John Barrymore, Madge Evans
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Dinner at Eight (1933) John Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Marie Dressler
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Reviews
100%
talisencrw
Created:8/14/2016
Updated:6/23/2021
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...… Expand
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Created:8/10/2019
Updated:6/23/2021
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. … Expand
Metro-Goldwyn-MayerUnited States of America
