Dinner at eight

Lionel Barrymore and Billie Burke play the Jordans, a shipping magnate and his wife, who are planning a dinner party and invite several interesting people. The complex plot gets underway as we get to know the invited guests and learn about their lives, their joys, their problems and their tragedies. Adapted from the play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber.

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Credits

producer

David O. Selznick

production company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

director

George Cukor

Duration

01:47:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1933

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302331

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Adaptations

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Entertaining

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Parties

Literature → American literature - Film and video adaptations

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q722648

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United States, 1933