Dinner at Eight

1933

Action / Drama

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 75% · 22 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 9680 9.7K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

George Cukor Photo
George Cukor

Top cast

Edwin Maxwell Photo
Edwin Maxwell as Mr. Fitch
Phoebe Foster Photo
Phoebe Foster as Miss Alden
Karen Morley Photo
Karen Morley as Mrs. Lucy Talbot
Elizabeth Patterson Photo
Elizabeth Patterson as Miss Copeland
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1019.37 MB
1280*932
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 6
1.85 GB
1472*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 18

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by masonfisk 7 / 10

SAVE ROOM FOR DESSERT...!

An early film from George Cukor from the 30's. More a filmed stage play than a piece of celluloid. The character appearances are more like stage entries than camera set-ups but what can you do when the early days of cinema were the beginnings of a learning curve of what could be done rather than what could not. Anyway, a dinner date is coming up & the various ho-polloi of the New York upper-crust are meeting for a meal. Various story lines are told w/o anything resembling depth & the cast is more than up to snuff for the cause. Wallace Beery & Jean Harlow are fantastic as the bickering couple, we get 2 Barrymore's (John & Lionel, Drew's grandfather & great uncle) & the priceless Marie Dressler who steals the show as a once grand dame of the stage now having to deal w/actual life.
Reviewed by SmileysWorld 7 / 10

Good,but the comedic elements I was expecting aren't there.

When I think of comedy films from the 1930's,I tend to think of mile-a-minute Marx Brothers or Laurel and Hardy like romps.That's not what you get with Dinner at Eight.This was surprising,due to the fact that film placed 85th on the AFI's 100 Years,100 Laughs list some years ago.I'm not saying it is a poor film.Anything but.It's extremely well acted,well presented,and it does have it's humorous moments,but there are some depressing elements to the film as well that make me question why anyone would call it a comedy,let alone why it would make such a list.In the end,I would recommend it,but don't go in expecting a rip roaring slapstick film.You'll only be disappointed in that regard.
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