Dinner at Eight [Blu-ray]

Overview

In this comedy/drama, social butterfly Mrs. Oliver Jordan arranges a dinner party that will benefit the business of her husband. Nothing goes as planned, due to various suicides, double-crosses, compromises, fatal illness, and servant problems. In spite of all this, however, dinner is served precisely at eight.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/26/2021
UPC:	0883929778096
Original Release:	1933
Source:	ALLIED VAUGHN
Language:	English

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Marie Dressler	Carlotta Vance
John Barrymore	Larry Renault,Oliver Jordan
Wallace Beery	Dan Packard
Jean Harlow	Kitty Packard
Lee Tracy	Max Kane
Edmund Lowe	Dr. Wayne Talbot
Madge Evans	Mrs. Wayne Talbot
Jean Hersholt	Joe Stengel
Billie Burke	Mrs. Oliver Jordan
Karen Morley	Mrs. Wayne Talbot
Louise Closser Hale	Hattie Loomis
Phillips Holmes	Ernest DeGraff
May Robson	Mrs. Wendel
Grant Mitchell	Ed Loomis
Phoebe Foster	Miss Alden
Elizabeth Patterson	Miss Copeland
Hilda Vaughn	Tina, Kitty's Maid
Harry Beresford	Fosdick
Edwin Maxwell	Mr. Fitch, the Hotel Manager
John Davidson	Mr. Hatfield, the Assistant Manager
Edward Woods	Eddie, Bellboy
George Baxter	Gustave, the Butler
Herman Bing	The Waiter
Anna Duncan	Dora, the Maid
Herbert Bunston	Actor
May Beatty	Actor
William Axt	Composer

Technical Credits

Herman Mankiewicz

Frances Marion

Donald Ogden Stewart

George Cukor	Director
Herman Mankiewicz	Screenwriter
Frances Marion	Screenwriter
Donald Ogden Stewart	Screenwriter
David O. Selznick	Producer

Scene Index

Introduction ix

My Half: Kind Candor xvi

Part I The Emotional Ingredients 1

Gratitude 3

Self-Awareness 11

Accountability 17

Optimism 23

Empathy 27

Kindness 33

Tenacity 39

Curiosity 45

Patience 51

Conviction 55

Humility 59

Ambition 65

Part II Real-Life Scenarios 69

Part III Exercises 175

Conclusion 191

The inspiration Behind This Book 195

Acknowledgments 197

Notes 199

Editorial Reviews

During Hollywood’s so-called Golden Age, MGM’s oft-used slogan to describe its impressive roster of actors was “More Stars than There Are in the Heavens.” And that wasn’t just hyperbole; the Culver City studio really did have most of the top box-office attractions of the era. A passel of them got together under the direction of George Cukor for this glittering 1933 adaptation of an award-winning play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. It exposes the faults and foibles of a variegated group that is supposed to assemble at a New York mansion for a dinner party. John Barrymore, the former matinee idol at the beginning of his long, sad decline, is eerily well cast as a fading movie star whose future holds little promise. His brother Lionel plays a beleaguered businessman on the verge of ruin, while Billie Burke (“the Good Witch” in Wizard of Oz,) registers solidly as a fluttering society matron. Among the other Depression-era luminaries with juicy supporting roles are such extremely talented but (sadly) forgotten actors as Lee Tracy, Edmund Lowe, Jean Hersholt, and Karen Morley. But for our money the top honors go to Wallace Beery, playing the millionaire vulgarian hosting the soiree, and luscious Jean Harlow, giving her best comedic performance as the sassy gold-digger who’s hooked him. Harlow -- who never looked better -- is the butt of the movie’s final joke, a devastating one-liner delivered flawlessly by Marie Dressler, another forgotten comedic talent. Cukor’s seemingly effortless fusion of comedy and drama makes Dinner at Eight an unforgettable example of Golden Age filmmaking at its finest.

Any serious student of Reformed theology needs to sit at the feet of Petrus van Mastricht. The challenge has been that to do so you needed to know Latin or Dutch. Thanks to the herculean efforts of the folks at the Dutch Reformed Translation Society and Reformation Heritage Books, English readers can now learn the art of ‘living for God through Christ.’” —Stephen J. Nichols, president of Reformation Bible College and chief academic officer of Ligonier Ministries


“With each translation of the formative Reformed theologians of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries comes the possibility of our churches being renewed by forgotten treasures. This is one of those gold mines. So important is van Mastricht that even Descartes felt obliged to respond to his critiques and Jonathan Edwards drew deeply from the well of his Theoretical-Practical Theology. It is a distinct pleasure to recommend this remarkable gem.” —Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California


“The very title of this work, Theoretical-Practical Theology, indicates why, three centuries ago, Petrus van Mastricht’s work appealed to Scottish ministers who studied under him or read his theology. Not least of these was his student James Hog, who would later famously republish The Marrow of Modern Divinity. In making van Mastricht’s classic available in English for a new generation of students, pastors, and scholars, the Dutch Reformed Translation Society and Reformation Heritage Books are giving a great gift to the Christian church as a whole, and to students, pastors, and scholars in particular.” —Sinclair B. Ferguson, Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary; and teaching fellow, Ligonier Ministries

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