Dinner at Eight
Starring: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery
Director: George Cukor
Writer: Frances Marion, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Donald Ogden Stewart
Producer: David O. Selznick
Dinner at Eight is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor from a screenplay by Frances Marion and Herman J. Mankiewicz, based on George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's 1932 play of the same title. The film features an ensemble cast of Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Edmund Lowe, and Billie Burke.
Trivia
- Based on Dinner at Eight (1932 Broadway play written by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber).
- TCM.com says that the character of Carlotta was inspired by the popular stage and silent film actress Maxine Elliott, citing the March 13, 1940, obituary in The New York Times.
- Marie Dressler died of cancer in July 1934, less than a year after Dinner at Eight was released.
- Joan Crawford was considered for the part of Paula Jordan.
Previous Showings
14 Runs • 11 Festivals
12,629 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (February 18, 1934)
Original Run: February 18, 1934 (Sunday - Wednesday)
All runs on record (14):
- February 18, 1934 (Sunday - Wednesday)Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow
- October 31 - November 3, 1992 · 1,037 ticketsw/ Viva Villa!
- July 14, 1994 · 500 ticketsw/ Grand Hotel
- February 20 - 23, 1999 · 1,460 ticketsDirected by George Cukorw/ What Price Hollywood?
- October 9 - 11, 2002 · 738 ticketsFall Folliesw/ Sullivan's Travels
- September 28 - 30, 2005 · 736 ticketsSummer 2005w/ What Price Hollywood?
- March 24 - 25, 2007 · 1,017 ticketsFilm Noir, Val Lewton, 1930s musicals and more!w/ One Hour with You
- July 10 - 13, 2009 · 1,906 ticketsSummer 2009w/ The Philadelphia Story
- February 5 - 7, 2011 · 1,224 ticketsWinter 2011 Early Bette Davis, Val Lewton and morew/ You Can't Take It with You
- August 24 - 27, 2013 · 1,088 ticketsSummer 2013w/ Counsellor at Law
- September 20 - 21, 2014 · 1,044 ticketsSummer 2014w/ The Philadelphia Story
- July 10 - 12, 2018 · 420 ticketsSummer 2018w/ Holiday
- August 13 - 14, 2022Summer 2022w/ The Philadelphia Story
- August 9 - 10, 2025 · 1,459 ticketsSummer 2025w/ The Philadelphia Story