Movie

Dinner at Eight

Released: December 22, 1933 (1933)

Runtime: 111 minutes

Genres: Comedy, Drama

An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Marie Dressler as Carlotta Vance
Age at release: 65
Lionel Barrymore as Oliver Jordan
Age at release: 55
John Barrymore as Larry Renault
Age at release: 51
Billie Burke as Millicent Jordan
Age at release: 49
Wallace Beery as Dan Packard
Age at release: 48
Jean Hersholt as Jo Stengel
Age at release: 47
Edmund Lowe as Dr. Wayne Talbot
Age at release: 43
Lee Tracy as Max Kane
Age at release: 35
Madge Evans as Paula Jordan
Age at release: 24
Jean Harlow as Kitty Packard
Age at release: 22

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May Robson as Mrs. Wendel
Age at release: 75
Harry Beresford as Fosdick
Age at release: 70
Louise Closser Hale as Hattie Loomis
Age at release: 61
Grant Mitchell as Ed Loomis
Age at release: 59
Elizabeth Patterson as Miss Copeland
Age at release: 59
Edwin Maxwell as Mr. Fitch
Age at release: 47
John Davidson as Mr. Hatfield
Age at release: 46
Tenen Holtz as Butler (uncredited)
Age at release: 46
Herman Bing as Waiter
Age at release: 44
Frank Puglia as Butler (uncredited)
Age at release: 41
Phoebe Foster as Miss Alden
Age at release: 38
Bess Flowers as Lucy (uncredited)
Age at release: 35
Hilda Vaughn as Tina
Age at release: 34
Edward Woods as Eddie
Age at release: 30
George Baxter as Gustave (uncredited)
Age at release: 28
Phillips Holmes as Ernest DeGraff
Age at release: 26
Karen Morley as Lucy Talbot
Age at release: 24
Mary Dees as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Age at release: 22
Anna Duncan as Dora
Age at release: Unknown