# Dinner at Eight (1933)

> An elegant MGM dinner party becomes a comic pressure cooker for collapsing fortunes, illicit romances, and the private anxieties of Depression-era New York society.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/24776

## Facts

- Runtime: 111 min
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Director: George Cukor
- Cast: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Edmund Lowe, Billie Burke
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023948/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Mood: witty, sardonic, glamorous, classic cinema night, pre-code film marathon

## Synopsis

A high-society dinner party spirals into chaos as secrets and tensions rise to the surface.

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