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Dinner at Eight   1933         N/R, 110 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance Director: George Cukor   Cast: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Edmund Lowe, Billie Burke, Jean Hersholt, Madge Evans, Karen Morley, Louise Closser Hale, Phillips Holmes, May Robson, Grant Mitchell   Millicent Jordan (Billie Burke) arranges a dinner party that she believes will help her husband Oliver's (Lionel Barrymore) career. Among the guests are business executive Dan Packard (Wallace Beery) and his wife Kitty (Jean Harlow) who just happens to be having an affair with another guest, Dr. Wayne Talbot (Edmund Lowe). Also at the dinner party are matinee idol Larry Renault (John Barrymore), who is involved with the Jordans' daughter Paula (Madge Evans), and aging stage actress Carlotta (Marie Dressler). The personal lives of the guests at this dinner party are scrutinized, and the result is a highly entertaining, sophisticated comedy. Cast Marie Dressler Carlotta Vance John Barrymore Larry Renault Wallace Beery Dan Packard Jean Harlow Kitty Packard Lionel Barrymore Oliver Jordan Lee Tracy Max Kane Edmund Lowe Dr. Wayne Talbot Billie Burke Millicent Jordan Jean Hersholt Jo Stengel Madge Evans Paula Jordan Karen Morley Mrs. Lucy Talbot Louise Closser Hale Hattie Loomis Phillips Holmes Ernest DeGraff May Robson Mrs. Wendel Grant Mitchell Ed Loomis

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