Dinner at Eight (1933)

Comedy
Drama

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.

Cast

Carlotta Vance
Marie Dressler
Larry Renault
John Barrymore
Lucy Talbot
Karen Morley
Hattie Loomis
Louise Closser Hale
Ernest DeGraff
Phillips Holmes
Mrs. Wendel
May Robson
Ed Loomis
Grant Mitchell
Miss Alden
Phoebe Foster
Miss Copeland
Elizabeth Patterson
Tina
Hilda Vaughn
Fosdick
Harry Beresford
Mr. Fitch
Edwin Maxwell
Dan Packard
Wallace Beery
Mr. Hatfield
John Davidson
Eddie
Edward Woods
Dora
A Anna Duncan
Waiter
Herman Bing
Gustave (uncredited)
George Baxter
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
M Mary Dees
Butler (uncredited)
Tenen Holtz
Butler (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
Lucy (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Kitty Packard
Jean Harlow
Oliver Jordan
Lionel Barrymore
Max Kane
Lee Tracy
Dr. Wayne Talbot
Edmund Lowe
Millicent Jordan
Billie Burke
Paula Jordan
Madge Evans
Jo Stengel
Jean Hersholt

Crew

Director
George Cukor
Theatre Play
G George S. Kaufman
Theatre Play
Edna Ferber
Additional Dialogue
Donald Ogden Stewart
Producer
David O. Selznick
Music
W William Axt
Editor
B Ben Lewis
Art Direction
H Hobe Erwin
Art Direction
F Fredric Hope
Costume Design
Adrian
Sound Director
Douglas Shearer
Screenplay
Frances Marion
Screenplay
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Writer
John Meehan
Director of Photography
W William H. Daniels
Assistant Director
Joseph M. Newman
Assistant Director
Cullen Tate
Sound Mixer
C Charles E. Wallace
Still Photographer
F Frank Tanner
Still Photographer
H Harvey White
Assistant Editor
C Chester W. Schaeffer