Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight

111 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 22, 1933

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.

Dinner at Eight

111 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 22, 1933

Dinner at Eight
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 rating 7.5
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Dinner at Eight
Directors Cullen Tate, George Cukor, Joseph M. Newman
Writers John Meehan, George S. Kaufman, Frances Marion, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Edna Ferber

Cast

Marie Dressler

as Carlotta Vance

John Barrymore

as Larry Renault

Wallace Beery

as Dan Packard

Jean Harlow

as Kitty Packard

Lionel Barrymore

as Oliver Jordan

Lee Tracy

as Max Kane

Edmund Lowe

as Dr. Wayne Talbot

Billie Burke

as Millicent Jordan

Madge Evans

as Paula Jordan

Jean Hersholt

as Jo Stengel

Karen Morley

as Lucy Talbot

Louise Closser Hale

as Hattie Loomis

Phillips Holmes

as Ernest DeGraff

May Robson

as Mrs. Wendel

Grant Mitchell

as Ed Loomis

Phoebe Foster

as Miss Alden

Elizabeth Patterson

as Miss Copeland

Hilda Vaughn

as Tina

Harry Beresford

as Fosdick

Edwin Maxwell

as Mr. Fitch

John Davidson

as Mr. Hatfield

Edward Woods

as Eddie

Anna Duncan

as Dora

Herman Bing

as Waiter

George Baxter

as Gustave (uncredited)

Mary Dees

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Tenen Holtz

as Butler (uncredited)

Frank Puglia

as Butler (uncredited)