Dinner at Eight (1933)

Name: Dinner at Eight
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1933
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore

1h 51m United States of America

Comedy Drama

Plot

An ambitious socialite in New York meticulously orchestrates a lavish dinner party, hoping to impress her high-society guests. However, her husband, Oliver, is grappling with serious financial troubles, straining their relationship. As the evening unfolds, tensions rise among a colorful cast of friends, including the rough-edged Dan Packard and his alluring wife, Kitty. Personal dramas and hidden secrets bubble to the surface, transforming the evening into an unexpected spectacle of revelations and emotional confrontations, ultimately testing the bonds of friendship and marriage.

Cast

Marie Dressler John Barrymore Wallace Beery Jean Harlow Lionel Barrymore Lee Tracy Edmund Lowe Billie Burke Madge Evans Jean Hersholt Karen Morley Louise Closser Hale Phillips Holmes May Robson Grant Mitchell