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Dinner at Eight
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NR (Not Rated) :: Warner Home Video ::
Released:
2005-03-01
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Rating:
5.0/5 (42 Reviews)
5/5
a 30's classic
by The Purple Heart (USA)
This is one you want to have for your 1930's movie collection. It has it all: great plot, interesting characters and an all time great cast. Why you can even let the kids / grand kids get exposure to classic film on this one. Great entertainment.
5/5
Classic
by Wesley W. Byas (Belton, TX USA)
I believe Dinner at Eight is one of the all time classic movies. Jean Harlow is excellent, as are her co-stars. It's a delight to watch.
5/5
Dinner at Eight? I accept!
by Bekka (Springfield, MO)
Great movie! This is one of my all time Cukor favs. Great cast, dialogue, and performances.
Marie Dressler is charming and funny. Jean Harlow is hillarious. And all surrounded by the best of Hollywood at the time.
Nice to see a "mature themed" movie without all the extra stuff they add today.
A true classic in every sense of the word.
5/5
"Dinner for Always"
by Mark E. Heater (Pinellas Park, FL USA)
My fellow reviewers have already written so much, and so incisively, that all I want to add is this: As far as I'm concerned, THIS movie represents just what "Old Hollywood" could do, when not hampered by censors or infatuated with over-the-top "messages." And yet there ARE signposts: for all the laughs, Cukor doesn't let us off scot-free. Bankruptcy, blackmail, suicide --Cukor helps us through the darker times and makes us giggle here and there, but the final shot of the dining room doors closing for dinner is both natural and very forboding: we're afraid for these people, even the chiseler (Berry? or Beery? sorry) and the gold digger (Harlow, who was never better). But don't get the wrong idea -- DON"T get turned off!! There are plenty of laughs here for those who go for the verbal/sophisticate brand of humor (tho. there are a few hints of slapstic, equally funny).
Well, for someone who'd claimed to not have much to say, I've written quite a bit -- as I read over what I've, I haven't said anything notably insightful. Just see the movie -- it's one of the best.
5/5
Stars of the Thrities at their best
by Thomas Vance (Georgetown, Ky USA)
Directed by George Cukor, with Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery and Jean Harlow this wonderful movie has both comedy and a bit of drama. Set in the depression era, topics that ring true today are used to move the story along. Typical and topical are failing business, social climbing and adultery. Billie Burke has a wonderful speech as the, "Air Head" wife of John Barrymore that I have yet to see topped. At the end of the movie the delicious gag that the whole movie sets up is delivered flawlessly by Dressler and Harlow. This pre code gem is a delight to watch and well worth owning.
Dinner at Eight Summary
Dinner at Eight, a vastly entertaining behind-closed-doors glimpse into the lives of the troubled and troublemaking Who's Who of people invited to a posh Manhattan party, is served with ample helpings of humor and melodrama. Buoyed by the success of the studio's multistarred, multistoried Grand Hotel the year before, producer David O. Selznick aspired for something grander - and found it in this G
Dinner At Eight A Vastly Entertaining Behind-closed-doors Glimpse Into The Lives Of The Troubled And Troublemaking Who's Who Of People Invited To A Posh Manhattan Party Is Served With Ample Helpings Of Humor And Melodrama. Buoyed By The Success Of The Studio's Multistarred Multistoried Grand Hotel The Year Before Producer David O. Selznick Aspired For Something Grander - And Found It In This George Cukor-directed Adaptation Of The George S. Kaufman/edna Ferber Stage Hit. Highlights Include Jean Harlow And Wallace Beery's Bitter Battle Of The Sexes Hostess Billie Burke's Tizzy Fit And Marie Dressler's Grande Dame Worldliness. Of Course There's Only One Way To Catch All The Great Moments. Dinner At Eight. Don't Be Late.running Time: 111 Min.format: Dvd Movie Genre: comedy Upc: 012569507821
MGM originally promoted
Dinner at Eight
by touting the "all-star cast," but this is no run-of-the-mill omnibus picture. On the contrary, rather than cramming as many big names as possible into a lumbering vehicle, the movie's impeccably crafted script (by Edna Ferber and Herman J. Mankiewicz) and direction (by George Cukor) gave some immortal screen luminaries a chance to shine. For sheer bravery, John Barrymore's achingly poignant performance as Larry Renault, a washed-up matinee idol who has "outlived everything but his vanity," is unmatched. Barrymore's brother, Lionel, is equally touching as shipping magnate Oliver Jordan. Oliver vainly tries to save his family's century-old firm, at the same time hiding his financial and health troubles from his wife, Millicent, played to hysterical perfection by Billie Burke. The Great Depression is presented in microcosm as Millicent frets about throwing the ultimate society dinner, oblivious to the world tumbling down around her. She is forced to invite to her precious party such undesirables as crass financier Dan Packard ("He
smells
Oklahoma!"). Even worse in Millicent's eyes than Packard (Wallace Beery, doing an impressive steamroller imitation) is his social-climbing wife, Kitty (Jean Harlow, never funnier than she is here, malingering in bed gobbling chocolates, or braying at her husband: "I'm gonna be a lady if it kills me!"). Be sure to watch for Harlow's brief encounter with Marie Dressler, who brings an extraordinary winking wisdom to the role of aging star Carlotta Vance. As the two enter the dining room in the film's final scene, Harlow makes an offhand remark that elicits from Dressler one of the great screen double takes of all time. Like so much of
Dinner At Eight
, the moment is priceless.
--Laura Mirsky
Dinner at Eight DVD Techincal Details
Cast:
Marie Dressler
,
Wallace Beery
,
Jean Harlow
,
Lionel Barrymore
Director:
George Cukor
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Rated:
NR (Not Rated)
Running Time:
111 mins
UPC:
012569507821
Binding:
DVD
Studio:
Warner Home Video
Release Date:
2005-03-01
Region Code:
1
Specs:
Black & White, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
Language & Subtitles
English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled),
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