Dinner at Eight (1933)

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111 min - Comedy | Drama - 12 January 1934 (USA)

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Social climbing Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a bunch of New York society types, each of whom has much to reveal.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	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	...	Mrs. Lucy Talbot
	Louise Closser Hale	...	Hattie Loomis
	Phillips Holmes	...	Ernest DeGraff
	May Robson	...	Mrs. Wendel
	Grant Mitchell	...	Ed Loomis

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Millicent Jordan is pre-occupied with the plans she is making for a high-class dinner party. Her husband Oliver is in failing health, and he is also worried because someone is trying to buy up the stock in his shipping business - even his old friend Carlotta wants to sell her stock. Hoping to get help from businessman Dan Packard, he persuades Millicent, against her wishes, to invite Packard and his wife to the dinner. As Oliver's problems get worse, Millicent is increasingly quick-tempered because the plans for the party are not going smoothly. As the time for the dinner approaches, it appears that the hosts and the guests will all have plenty on their minds. Written by Snow Leopard

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Comedy | Drama

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 January 1934 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Jantar às Oito See more »

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

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Budget:

$435,000 (estimated)

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) See more »

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Runtime:

111 min (Turner library print)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

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Trivia

Remade for television in 1989 with Masha Mason, John Mahoney, Lauren Bacall, Harry Hamlin, Charles Durning and Ellen Greene. See more »

Goofs

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Carlotta gives Ed her dog, introducing him as "Tarzan", her lips don't match the word. See more »

Quotes

Max Kane: [entering Renault's room] Am I buttin' in?
Paula Jordan: Not at all. I was just going. Goodbye.
[Paula exits]
Max Kane: Pearls in your oysters.
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Connections

Referenced in "Cheers: Dinner at Eight-ish (#5.20)" (1987) See more »

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"I Loved You Then As I Love You Now"
(1927) (uncredited)
(From Our Dancing Daughters)
Music by William Axt and David Mendoza
Played during the opening credits See more »

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