Marie Dressler
Carlotta Vance
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Find out who starred in and worked on the classic comedy film Dinner at Eight, directed by George Cukor and based on a play by Edna Ferber. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, and other crew members on IMDb.
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.
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- Drama
- George Cukor
- 1934-01-12
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.
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.
Some of the Dinner at Eight cast including John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore and Jean Hersholt came directly from the cast of Grand Hotel. For the role of Carlotta Vance, a wealthy and flamboyant former actress and great beauty, no one at MGM immediately thought of Marie Dressler.
- George Cukor, Cullen Tate
- Marie Dressler
Find out who starred in the 1933 comedy-drama film based on Edna Ferber's play, and who directed, wrote, produced and designed it. See the list of 27 actors, 3 screenwriters, 1 composer, 1 editor and more.
A comedy drama film based on a stage play about a wealthy couple's dinner party and their friends' troubles. See the cast, crew, trailer, and user score of this Pre-Code classic.
