Director: George Cukor

Writers: Frances Marion; Herman J. Mankiewicz; Donald Ogden Stewart

From a play: Dinner at Eight by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber

Musical Score by: Dr. William Axt

Keywords: Romantic Comedy, Great Depression

The cream of New York society ramp up for Millicent and Oliver Jordan's formal dinner party. Adaptation of the Broadway play which ran for 232 performances. Much like its sister film Grand Hotel (1932), this is an all-star showcase of MGM's talent. Awkwardly filmed in the early days of sound, but still one of the best productions to not receive a single Oscar nomination.

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Barrymore	Actor	15-Feb-1882	29-May-1942	Romeo and Juliet
Lionel Barrymore	Actor	28-Apr-1878	15-Nov-1954	Young Dr. Kildare
Wallace Beery	Actor	1-Apr-1885	15-Apr-1949	Grand Hotel
Herman Bing	Actor	30-Mar-1889	9-Jan-1947	1930s character actor
Billie Burke	Actor	7-Aug-1885	14-May-1970	Glinda, the Good Witch of the North
Marie Dressler	Actor	2-Nov-1868	28-Jul-1934	Min and Bill
Madge Evans	Actor	1-Jul-1909	26-Apr-1981	Hallelujah I'm a Bum
Jean Harlow	Actor	3-Mar-1911	7-Jun-1937	Bombshell
Jean Hersholt	Actor	12-Jul-1886	2-Jun-1956	Founder, Motion Picture Relief Fund
Phillips Holmes	Actor	22-Jul-1907	12-Aug-1942	The Criminal Code
Edmund Lowe	Actor	3-Mar-1890	21-Apr-1971	What Price Glory
Grant Mitchell	Actor	17-Jun-1874	1-May-1957	Father Is a Prince
Karen Morley	Actor	12-Dec-1909	8-Mar-2003	Gabriel Over the White House
Elizabeth Patterson	Actor	22-Nov-1875	31-Jan-1966	Mrs. Matilda Trumbull on I Love Lucy
May Robson	Actor	19-Apr-1858	20-Oct-1942	Lady for a Day
Lee Tracy	Actor	14-Apr-1898	18-Oct-1968	Crashing Hollywood
Edward Woods	Actor	5-Jul-1903	8-Oct-1989	The Public Enemy

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
with
Madge Evans	...   Paula Jordan
Jean Hersholt	...   Jo Stengel
Karen Morley	...   Lucy Talbot
Louise Closser Hale	...   Hattie Loomis
Phillips Holmes	...   Ernest DeGraff
May Robson	...   Mrs. Wendel
and
Grant Mitchell	...   Ed Loomis
Phoebe Foster	...   Miss Alden
Elizabeth Patterson	...   Miss Copeland
Hilda Vaughn	...   Tina
Harry Beresford	...   Fosdick
Edwin Maxwell	...   Mr. Fitch
John Davidson	...   Mr. Hatfield
Edward Woods	...   Eddie
Anna Duncan	...   Dora
Herman Bing	...   Waiter

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