Dinner at Eight (1933)
Millicent Jordan (Billie Burke), de echtgenote van een New Yorkse scheepsmagnaat (Lionel Barrymore) die op zijn laatste benen loopt, heeft het o zo druk met het organiseren van een etentje, waar een Britse lord en lady aanwezig zullen zijn. Onder de genodigden bevinden zich tevens een acteur, Larry Renault, wiens gloriedagen geteld zijn, Carlotta Vance, een filmdiva uit lang vervlogen tijden, Dan Packard, een invloedrijke Texaanse zakenman, die op slinkse wijze de Jordan Line probeert op te kopen, zijn verveelde vrouw Kitty (Jean Harlow), die zich verwaarloosd voelt en daarom aanpapt met de huisarts, Dr. Wayne Talbot, die eveneens met zijn vrouw is uitgenodigd.
Regiseur:
George Cukor
Schrijvers:
Frances Marion, Herman J. Mankiewicz.
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Marie Dressler as Carlotta Vance |
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John Barrymore as Larry Renault |
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Wallace Beery as Dan Packard |
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Jean Harlow as Kitty Packard |
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Lionel Barrymore as Oliver Jordan |
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Lee Tracy as Max Kane |
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Edmund Lowe as Dr. Wayne Talbot |
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Billie Burke as Millicent Jordan |
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Madge Evans as Paula Jordan |
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Jean Hersholt as Jo Stengel |
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Karen Morley as Lucy Talbot |
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Louise Closser Hale as Hattie Loomis |
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Phillips Holmes as Ernest DeGraff |
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May Robson as Mrs. Wendel |
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Grant Mitchell as Ed Loomis |
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Phoebe Foster as Miss Alden |
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Elizabeth Patterson as Miss Copeland |
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Hilda Vaughn as Tina |
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Harry Beresford as Fosdick |
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Edwin Maxwell as Mr. Fitch |
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John Davidson as Mr. Hatfield |
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Edward Woods as Eddie |
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Anna Duncan as Dora |
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Herman Bing as Waiter |
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George Baxter as Gustave (uncredited) |
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Mary Dees as Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
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Tenen Holtz as Butler (uncredited) |
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Frank Puglia as Butler (uncredited) |
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Bess Flowers as Lucy (uncredited) |
| Directing | George Cukor | Director |
| Writing | John Meehan | Writer |
| Camera | William H. Daniels | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Joseph M. Newman | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Cullen Tate | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Charles E. Wallace | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Frank Tanner | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Harvey White | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Chester W. Schaeffer | Assistant Editor |
| Writing | George S. Kaufman | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Edna Ferber | Theatre Play |
| Crew | Donald Ogden Stewart | Additional Dialogue |
| Production | David O. Selznick | Producer |
| Editing | Ben Lewis | Editor |
| Art | Hobe Erwin | Art Direction |
| Art | Fredric Hope | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adrian | Costume Design |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Sound Director |
| Writing | Frances Marion | Screenplay |
| Writing | Herman J. Mankiewicz | Screenplay |
| Sound | William Axt | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Bert Spurlin | Props |
| Camera | William Riley | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Floyd Porter | Gaffer |
| Camera | A. Lindsley Lane | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Roy Clark | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eugene Joseff | Other |
