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ONE MOVIE, THREE QUOTES: Dinner at Eight (1933) On April 11, 2022 By CarolIn Uncategorized Image from Pinterest A few years ago, I wrote about Marie Dressler’s performance in Dinner at Eight (1933, dir. George Cukor) and why she’s the stand-out perfo read more

This episode features Niles (David Hyde Pierce) meeting Daphne (Jane Leeves) for the first time and it’s amazing. Also amazing is how Kelsey Grammer is on it from the start, initially bewildered at Hyde Pierce’s behavior. Grammer really gets across how predictable Frasier finds his brother. It’s read more

COMEDY GOLD #3: Marie Dressler in Dinner at Eight (1933) On March 14, 2018 By CarolIn Uncategorized George Cukor’s tragi-comedy Dinner At Eight (1933) is a remarkable thing. Not least because the dinner itself never actually happens. It is all about th read more

Thanks to my friend Crystal from In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood, The Barrymore Trilogy Blogathon is back for a third consecutive year! This is the occasion for us to celebrate this notorious family of actors who developed its talent on more than one generation. My choice for this year read more

As much as I love, and as many times as I’ve seen, Dinner at Eight (1933), I was astonished when I realized that I’d never written about it here. So when I was reviewing TCM’s pre-Code offerings for June and spied this first-rate feature on the list, I instantly knew that it would be my choice read more

This is my contribution to the Barrymore Trilogy Blogathon. Please do look at the great range of postings. “The most glamorous production of all time,” proclaims the original trailer to Dinner at Eight. Well, Jean Harlow’s astonishing dresses, made by Adrian, are certainly glamorou read more

Dinner at Eight is another all-star slug fest from MGM meant to capitalize and top the success of Grand Hotel from the previous year. This time around, well to do wife, Millicent Jordan is setting up a charming dinner party for a wealthy English couple Lord and Lady Ferncliffe who are traveling to N read more

Dinner at Eight is another all-star slug fest from MGM meant to capitalize and top the success of Grand Hotel from the previous year. This time around, well to do wife, Millicent Jordan is setting up a charming dinner party for a wealthy English couple Lord and Lady Ferncliffe who are traveling to N read more

Today’s film is adapts the successful stage play directed by George Cukor.  It’s a Who’s Who of actors telling a story about the society…and yet I was left bored.  I’m all for high-society ensemble films but Dinner at Eight is like a long-winded play filled with charact read more

Wednesdays are getting funny over the next four months as I’m taking a Depression-era film class, appropriately titled “Depression Giggles.”  I’ll be reposting/reviewing every film we watch so you can be involved too.  Last night’s kicked things off with Dinner at Eight read more

In doing a Month (or so) of Art Deco, I would be remiss if I did not include George Cukor's 1933 classic Dinner at Eight.  It is an iconic moment for both film and fashion...one of those rare occasions in which a great star is put into the hands of an equally great costume designer.  In th read more

I have a copy of Red-Headed Woman on the way so hopefully I’ll be reviewing it in the next couple days and everything will be back on track.  Today’s film is an adaptation of a successful stage play directed by George Cukor.  It’s a who’s-who of actors telling a story about read more

Dinner at Eight (1934)      I did not know going into Dinner at Eight just how depressing it was going to be. The presence of Jean Harlow and Billie Burke in particular among the all-star cast had me expecting a comedy, as it seems dinner-centered movies are apt to be. But the meal in this flick read more

Dinner at Eight(1933). Pre-Code drama. Directed by George Cukor. Cast: Billie Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Madge Evans, and Jean Harlow. The story begins, One week before Millicent Jordan's next big society dinner, she is proud to learn that Lord and Lady Ferncliffe, who she and her husband Oliver, read more