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Dinner at Eight
From Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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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.
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Directed by George Cukor
Marie DresslerCarlotta Vance
John BarrymoreLarry Renault
Wallace BeeryDan Packard
Jean HarlowKitty Packard
Lionel BarrymoreOliver Jordan
Lee TracyMax Kane
Edmund LoweDr. Wayne Talbot
Billie BurkeMillicent Jordan
Madge EvansPaula Jordan
Jean HersholtJo Stengel
Karen MorleyLucy Talbot
Louise Closser HaleHattie LoomisVideos
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talisencrwAug 13, 2016
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...
barrymostAug 10, 2019
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-est… Read more
eemed 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.