Dinner at Eight (1933)

Directed by

George Cukor

Genre

drama film, comedy drama, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 128 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy socialite plans a formal dinner party for influential guests. Behind the scenes each guest faces personal crises involving finances, health, and romance.

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What happens

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. The film features an ensemble cast of Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Edmund Lowe, and Billie Burke. Dinner at Eight continues to be acclaimed by critics; review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 91% based on 22 reviews. In 2023, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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