Dinner At Eight (1933)

A New York society matron (Billie Burke) is throwing a dinner party for some British aristocrats. But it's her dinner guests that provide the drama that unfolds. Among them a washed up movie star (John Barrymore), a crude business magnate (Wallace Beery) and his socially ambitious wife (Jean Harlow) and a legendary now retired actress (Marie Dressler). Based on the play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber and directed by George Cukor (GASLIGHT). A perfect example of how well the Hollywood studio system worked when they used grade A material and populated the movie with talent, both in front and behind the camera. This is the kind of movie one thinks of when they hear MGM. The glamour factor is in full swing and the sophisticated dialogue is often pungent and witty. It's pure pleasure and the acting excellent. Notably John Barrymore who manages to keep the ham to a minimum, Jean Harlow at her most delightfully brass and Marie Dressler who steals the movie. With Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Karen Morley, Edmund Lowe Madge Evans, Louise Closser Hale and Jean Hersholt.