Dinner at Eight

6.7
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Run time: 111 min
  • Premiere: 1933. December 22.

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.

Discover

Marie Dressler

Carlotta Vance

John Barrymore

Larry Renault

Wallace Beery

Dan Packard

Jean Harlow

Kitty Packard

Lionel Barrymore

Oliver Jordan

Lee Tracy

Max Kane

Edmund Lowe

Dr. Wayne Talbot

Billie Burke

Millicent Jordan

Madge Evans

Paula Jordan

Jean Hersholt

Jo Stengel

Karen Morley

Lucy Talbot

Louise Closser Hale

Hattie Loomis

Phillips Holmes

Ernest DeGraff

May Robson

Mrs. Wendel

Grant Mitchell

Ed Loomis

Phoebe Foster

Miss Alden

Elizabeth Patterson

Miss Copeland

Edwin Maxwell

Mr. Fitch

John Davidson

Mr. Hatfield

Herman Bing

Waiter

George Baxter

Gustave (uncredited)

Mary Dees

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Tenen Holtz

Butler (uncredited)

Frank Puglia

Butler (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Lucy (uncredited)

Art

Hobe Erwin

Art Direction

Fredric Hope

Art Direction

Camera

William H. Daniels

Director of Photography

Frank Tanner

Still Photographer

Harvey White

Still Photographer

William Riley

Assistant Camera

A. Lindsley Lane

Camera Operator

Roy Clark

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Adrian

Costume Design

Crew

Donald Ogden Stewart

Additional Dialogue

Directing

George Cukor

Director

Joseph M. Newman

Assistant Director

Cullen Tate

Assistant Director

Editing

Chester W. Schaeffer

Assistant Editor

Ben Lewis

Editor

Lighting

Production

Sound

Charles E. Wallace

Sound Mixer

Douglas Shearer

Sound Director

William Axt

Original Music Composer

Writing

John Meehan

Writer

George S. Kaufman

Theatre Play

Edna Ferber

Theatre Play

Frances Marion

Screenplay

Art

Hobe Erwin

Art Direction

Fredric Hope

Art Direction

Camera

William H. Daniels

Director of Photography

Frank Tanner

Still Photographer

Harvey White

Still Photographer

William Riley

Assistant Camera

A. Lindsley Lane

Camera Operator

Roy Clark

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Adrian

Costume Design

Crew

Donald Ogden Stewart

Additional Dialogue

Directing

George Cukor

Director

Joseph M. Newman

Assistant Director

Cullen Tate

Assistant Director

Editing

Chester W. Schaeffer

Assistant Editor

Ben Lewis

Editor

Lighting

Production

Sound

Charles E. Wallace

Sound Mixer

Douglas Shearer

Sound Director

William Axt

Original Music Composer

Writing

John Meehan

Writer

George S. Kaufman

Theatre Play

Edna Ferber

Theatre Play

Frances Marion

Screenplay