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‘Dinner at Eight’ premieres in New York City 80 years ago tonight (1933)


Video: 'Dinner at Eight' trailer

(Thursday, March 9, 1933)Dinner at Eight, a comedy/drama film about a high-society dinner party that masks a hotbed of scandal and intrigue, premiered today at the Rivoli in New York City.

Directed by George Cukor, the film starred Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Edmund Lowe and Billie Burke.