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Dinner at Eight (1933)

Dinner at Eight (1933)

Drama Comedy

HERE IS THE SCREEN'S CLIMAX OF GLAMOR AND THRILL THAT RAN OVER A YEAR ON BROADWAY! THE STAGE SMASH NOW A SENSATIONAL FILM TRIUMPH!

Release Date: 1933, December 22
Directors: George Cukor
Countries: United States of America
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Bess Flowers, Billie Burke, Lionel Barrymore, John Davidson, Frank Puglia, Herman Bing, Edmund Lowe, Karen Morley, Edwin Maxwell, Jean Harlow, Grant Mitchell, Elizabeth Patterson

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:

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