Dinner at Eight
Dinner at Eight
Release: 1933-12-22
·Runtime: 111m
·★ 6.7
Comedy
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Jean Hersholt
as Jo Stengel
Phoebe Foster
as Miss Alden
Edwin Maxwell
as Mr. Fitch
Edmund Lowe
as Dr. Wayne Talbot
Madge Evans
as Paula Jordan
Karen Morley
as Lucy Talbot
Hilda Vaughn
as Tina
Frank Puglia
as Butler (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Lucy (uncredited)
John Barrymore
as Larry Renault
John Davidson
as Mr. Hatfield
Herman Bing
as Waiter
Louise Closser Hale
as Hattie Loomis
May Robson
as Mrs. Wendel
Edward Woods
as Eddie
George Baxter
as Gustave (uncredited)
Jean Harlow
as Kitty Packard
Lee Tracy
as Max Kane
Marie Dressler
as Carlotta Vance
Billie Burke
as Millicent Jordan
Grant Mitchell
as Ed Loomis
Elizabeth Patterson
as Miss Copeland
Tenen Holtz
as Butler (uncredited)
Wallace Beery
as Dan Packard
Lionel Barrymore
as Oliver Jordan
Phillips Holmes
as Ernest DeGraff
Harry Beresford
as Fosdick
Crew
Joseph M. Newman
Assistant Director
Cullen Tate
Assistant Director
Edna Ferber
Theatre Play
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Frances Marion
Screenplay
Donald Ogden Stewart
Additional Dialogue
John Meehan
Writer
Adrian
Costume Design
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Screenplay
George Cukor
Director
David O. Selznick
Producer
Eugene Joseff
Other
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography