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This one was a little bit of a dud but at least it didn't annoy me. Dinner At Eight (1933) has a lot more serious moments for something firstly marketed as a comedy. It's much more of a drama. Some of the scenes lasted too long. I read it's based on a play and, having the story told in a different medium, the use of cuts and switching scenes back and forth should have been taken advantage of more, in my opinion. Particularly, a scene between Paula and Larry felt like a good 30 minutes of the film. It could have had better pacing. I think this is one of the only other films I've seen Billie Burke in, who is most famous for playing Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz. She was going to have an aneurysm planning this dinner party, my goodness! I love the way she speaks, though. By the way, this movie is part of the George Cukor Collection currently available on The Criterion Channel, but will no longer be on there after this month. #DinnerAtEight #GeorgeCukor #CriterionChannel #CriterionCollection #Criterion #BillieBurke #DinnerAt8 #MarieDressler #JohnBarrymore #WallaceBeery #JeanHarlow #LionelBarrymore #MadgeEvans #EdmundLowe #LouiseClosserHale https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzy_KX7FlcD/?igshid=66kx7zdg8fgf