DINNER AT EIGHT1933
Dinner at Eight


Movie Rating
MOVIE RATING
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)
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.