Classics from the Vault presents Dinner at Eight (1933, USA, 111mins, 14a) Directed by George Cukor Starring Jean Harlow, Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery Written by Frances Marion Based on the play by George S. Kaufman In the 1930s, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios was billed as having “more stars than there are in heaven,” and they made full use of them in Dinner At Eight, which features the likes of Jean Harlow, Canada’s own Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, as well as Lionel and John Barrymore, who plays a wonderful send-up of himself as a silent film star reconciling with the talkies. … Continue reading Classics From the Vault presents Dinner at Eight