DINNER AT EIGHT1933
Dinner at Eight
Movie Rating
MOVIE RATING
Average Rating: 3.0 (out of 5) (91 votes cast)
Source of Film
SOURCE OF FILM
- Dinner at Eight
- by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber
The Broadway play, which opened at the Music Box Theatre in October, 1932, was a smash hit. It ran for 232 performances through May 1933.
The play was adapted by long-time screenwriters Francis Marion and Herman J. Mankiewicz.
Producer Detail
PRODUCER DETAIL
- David O. Selznick
- Lewis J. Selznick Productions
- (1920-1923)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- (1927)
- Paramount Pictures
- (1928-1930)
- RKO Radio Pictures
- (1931-1932)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- (1933-1934)
- Selznick International Pictures
- (1935-1947)
- Vanguard Productions
- (1948-1950)
Director Detail
DIRECTOR DETAIL
- George Cukor
- Paramount Pictures
- (1929-1931)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- (1932-1956)
- Paramount Pictures
- (1957-1958)
- various studios
- (1959-1981)
Film Run-time and Synopsis
RUNTIME & SYNOPSIS
1 hour, 51 minutes
A socialite tries to arrange a dinner party and we get to know the guests before the dinner starts. George Cukor directs Marie Dressler, John and Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow and Billie Burke.
Film Comments
FILM COMMENTS
MPAA Rating
MPAA RATING
No rating
Box Office Ranking
BOX OFFICE RANKING
- 1933 Domestic Box Office Rank: #7
Theatrical Revenues
GROSS
- (Adjusted Gross in $millions)
- Domestic Theatrical Release: $21.6
Behind the film, there was the beginning of a changing of the guard at MGM. Irving Thalberg, the boy wonder producer, had a heart attack the previous year, and Louis B. Mayer put the young David O. Selznick in charge of production. It was directed by George Cukor, a rising force himself, who was being mentored by Selznick.