Carlotta Vance
Search results
Dinner at Eight: Directed by George Cukor. With Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow. Affluent Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a handful of wealthy and/or well-born acquaintances, each of whom has much to reveal.
- (9.1K)
- Drama
- George Cukor
- 1934-01-12
Dinner at Eight is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor from a screenplay by Frances Marion and Herman J. Mankiewicz, based on George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber 's 1932 play of the same title. The film features an ensemble cast of Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee ...
The play Dinner at Eight has had three productions on Broadway. The first one premiered October 22, 1932 at the Music Box Theater and ran for 232 performances. The second production premiered September 27, 1966 at the Alvin Theater and ran for 127 performances.
- George Cukor, Cullen Tate
- Marie Dressler
Herman J. Mankiewicz. Screenplay. John Meehan. Writer. Written by on August 10, 2019. 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 ...
Jun 16, 2024 · “Dinner at Eight” (1933) is a fascinating snapshot of a moment in time. An early “talkie,” a mid-Great Depression adaptation of a then still fresh and edgy Broadway dramedy, we can look at this ancient George Cukor film and appreciate the topicality, the wit and the many cinematic shortcomings evident in it, stylistic traditions that would fall by the wayside as Hollywood sprinted ...
Mar 6, 2015 · – The film is a screen adaption from a theatre play by the same name by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. – The casting for Dinner At Eight was pretty unique since the studio that made it, MGM, simply decided to put its biggest stars together in one film. There’s Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Marie Dressler, Billie Burke ...
Dinner at Eight is a 1933 American Pre-Code dramedy film directed by George Cukor. Adapted to the screen by Frances Marion and Herman J. Mankiewicz from George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's play of the same name, it features an ensemble cast of Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Edmund Lowe ...
People also ask
Who starred in dinner at 8?
Is dinner at 8 based on a true story?
When did dinner at 8 come out on Broadway?
When was dinner at 8 filmed?
