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Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight

6.8/ 10

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1933

Release Year

111 min

Runtime

Comedy
Drama

Overview

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.

Keywords

adultery
new york city
businessman
blackmail
great depression
based on play or musical
alcoholism
social satire
debt
extramarital affair
socialite
pre-code
eviction
financial problem
heart condition
financier
shipping magnate
dinner party
socialite party
shipping company
unhappy marriage
stage actress
fading star
suicide by gas
corrupt businessman
theatrical agent
theatre producer

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Reviews(2)

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talisencrw

August 13, 2016

10
10/10

Excellent. Part of my TCM Jean Harlow 4-pack, and the bonus feature-length doc on Harlow's short life and career is exemplary. Highly recommended to any Pre-Code connoisseurs--and I know you're out there...

barrymost

barrymost

August 10, 2019

9
9/10

One of great director George Cukor's best films, Dinner at Eight is a prime example of a Pre-Code era classic, and an excellent star vehicle for the combined multifarious talents of Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Brothers Barrymore (Lionel and John), Jean Harlow, and Billie Burke, among others. Cou

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