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Dinner at Eight is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor from a screenplay by Frances Marion and Herman J. Mankiewicz, based on George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's 1932 play of the same title.
Dinner at Eight: Directed by George Cukor. With Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow. 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.
At the ill-fated dinner, Carlotta confides in private with Paula, who is just about to break her engagement with Ernest, about Larry's demise and counsels the young woman to stay with her fiancé. At the same time, Millicent learns from Talbot about Oliver's illness.
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In this comedic drama, an ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver (Lionel Barrymore), contends with financial woes, causing a lot...
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In this comedic drama, an ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver (Lionel Barrymore), contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple.
Mar 6, 2015 · In Dinner at Eight Mrs. Oliver Jordan (Billie Burke) decides to throw an elaborate dinner party and invites some interesting members of New York’s social scene. Little does she know that this group is tied together by intrigue and scandal, which unravels as the day of the important dinner party comes closer.
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.
Dinner at Eight, American comedy film, released in 1933, that was directed by George Cukor and featured an all-star cast. The witty and fast-paced film was based on the play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. A dizzy socialite (played by Billie Burke) is so determined to keep her social status.
A masterfully-directed, poignant melodramatic comedy by "woman's director" George Cukor and producer David O. Selznick, Dinner at Eight (1933) was filled with a tremendous cast of stars (inspired by the format of MGM's previous year's Grand Hotel (1932) set at a ritzy art-deco Berlin hotel).
