Poster from TMDB
Dinner at Eight
Sign in to save1933 film by George Cukor
Film · TMDB
6.8An 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.
Released: 1933-12-22111 minDir: George CukorComedy, DramaBudget: $435,000Box office: $2.2M
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
Themes
- adultery
- new york city
- businessman
- blackmail
- great depression
- based on play or musical
- alcoholism
- social satire
- debt
- extramarital affair
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
9,286 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
- Year
- 1933
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 1 win total
via OMDb · IMDb
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Dinner at Eight
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- George Cukor
- Screenwriter
- Donald Ogden Stewart
- Cast member
- Frank Puglia
- Composer
- William Axt
- Producer
- David O. Selznick
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- William H. Daniels
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 317959
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Billie Burke in Dinner at Eight trailer 2.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- Commons category
- Dinner at Eight (film)
- publication date
- 1933-08-23
- title
- Dinner at Eight
- costume designer
- Adrian
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- review score
- 91%
via Wikidata · CC0