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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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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
12 January 1934 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Dinner at 8 See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USAEdit
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Budget:
$435,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Runtime:
(Turner library print)Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Hattie Loomis: Only a rubber plant would fit in with the Ferncliffes.
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(From Our Dancing Daughters (1928))
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Lee Tracy was filming another M-G-M picture, The Nuisance (1933), at the same time he was making this film. See more »Goofs
When Carlotta gives Ed her dog, introducing him as "Tarzan", her lips don't match the word. See more »Quotes
Millicent Jordan: I don't know where I'm going to find someone to fit in with the Ferncliffes.Hattie Loomis: Only a rubber plant would fit in with the Ferncliffes.
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Alternate Versions
Also available in a computer colorized version. See more »Soundtracks
I Loved You Then As I Love You Now(1927) (uncredited)
(From Our Dancing Daughters (1928))
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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.