Dinner at Eight

19331933
PassedPassed
1h 51min

John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Billie Burke, Jean Harlow, Marie Dressler, Madge Evans, Jean Hersholt, Phillips Holmes, Edmund Lowe, Karen Morley, and Lee Tracy in Dinner at Eight (1933)

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Affluent Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a handful of wealthy and/or well-born acquaintances, each of whom has much to reveal.Affluent Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a handful of wealthy and/or well-born acquaintances, each of whom has much to reveal.Affluent Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a handful of wealthy and/or well-born acquaintances, each of whom has much to reveal.

Director
- George Cukor
Writers
- Frances Marion(screen play)
- Herman J. Mankiewicz(screen play)
- George S. Kaufman(from the Sam H. Harris stage play by)
Stars

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Dinner At Eight

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Jean Harlow, George Cukor, David O. Selznick, and Edmund Lowe in Dinner at Eight (1933)

John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Billie Burke, Jean Harlow, George Cukor, Marie Dressler, Madge Evans, Phillips Holmes, Edmund Lowe, and Elizabeth Patterson in Dinner at Eight (1933)

Billie Burke and Edmund Lowe in Dinner at Eight (1933)

Wallace Beery and Jean Harlow in Dinner at Eight (1933)

Dinner at Eight (1933)

John Barrymore and Madge Evans in Dinner at Eight (1933)

Jean Harlow in Dinner at Eight (1933)

Madge Evans in Dinner at Eight (1933)

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Marie Dressler and Madge Evans in Dinner at Eight (1933)

Jean Harlow in Dinner at Eight (1933)

Director
- George Cukor
Writers
- Frances Marion(screen play)
- Herman J. Mankiewicz(screen play)
- George S. Kaufman(from the Sam H. Harris stage play by)
All cast & crew
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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. —Snow Leopard

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Taglines
- MORE STARS THAN HAVE EVER BEEN IN ANY PICTURE BEFORE The Biggest Film Sensation in 10 Years! (Print Ad- Evening Recorder, ((Amsterdam NY)) 6 February 1934)
Genre
- Drama
Certificate
- Passed
Parents guide

Trivia
Jean Harlow got along with all of her co-stars, except Wallace Beery. She had worked with him before in The Secret 6 (1931) and the two had developed a dislike for each other that carried over. Beery thought that Harlow wasn't experienced enough as an actress and treated her rudely. Harlow found Beery gruff and boorish. Since the two were playing a husband and wife that can't stand each other, the real-life feelings worked to the comic benefit of the characters.

Goofs
In the opening scene, Millicent tells Oliver, "I see your precious Carlotta Vance arrived yesterday on the Europa." Later, that same day during Carlotta's visit to Oliver's office, she says'"I've been in New York four days and I'm lost."

Quotes
Kitty: [Final lines] I was reading a book the other day.
Carlotta: [Nearly trips] Reading a book?
Kitty: Yes. It's all about civilization or something. A nutty kind of a book. Do you know that the guy says that machinery is going to take the place of every profession?
Carlotta: [Looking her over] Oh, my dear, that's something you need never worry about.

Alternate versions
Also available in a computer colorized version.

Connections
Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

Soundtracks
I Loved You Then As I Love You Now
(1927) (uncredited)
(From Our Dancing Daughters (1928))
Music by William Axt and David Mendoza
Played during the opening credits

Top review

a golden oldie

What a cast - MGM's finest in a series of vignettes leading up to Mrs Jordan's dinner party (which we never actually see). Jean Harlow is at her wisecracking best and her most stunning; Marie Dressler and John Barrymore are terrific as washed-up actors; everyone is just excellent. Everything that can possibly go wrong does - you can't help but sympathise as Billie Burke's Mrs Jordan gradually gets more and more ruffled by the day's events. Some great one liners and yet another excellent entry on Cukor's CV.

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Release date
- January 12, 1934 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Dinner at 8
Filming locations
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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Budget
- $435,000 (estimated)

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Runtime
- 1h 51min
Color
- Black and White
Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1

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