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1933 • 1h 51min • Approved • Comedy, Drama

Dinner at Eight

"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!"

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.

IMDb 7.5

RT 91%

Director

George Cukor

Writers

John Meehan

George S. Kaufman

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Marie Dressler

Carlotta Vance

John Barrymore

Larry Renault

Wallace Beery

Dan Packard

Jean Harlow

Kitty Packard

Lionel Barrymore

Oliver Jordan

Lee Tracy

Max Kane

Edmund Lowe

Dr. Wayne Talbot

Billie Burke

Millicent Jordan

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Marie Dressler Carlotta Vance

John Barrymore Larry Renault

Wallace Beery Dan Packard

Jean Harlow Kitty Packard

Lionel Barrymore Oliver Jordan

Lee Tracy Max Kane

Edmund Lowe Dr. Wayne Talbot

Billie Burke Millicent Jordan

Madge Evans Paula Jordan

Jean Hersholt Jo Stengel

Karen Morley Lucy Talbot

Louise Closser Hale Hattie Loomis

Phillips Holmes Ernest DeGraff

May Robson Mrs. Wendel

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