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Midweek Cinema: Dinner at Eight

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

The first in a season of films from Hollywood's Golden Age -the 30s
Tonight starring Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Edmund Lowe, Billie Burke
A New York society hostess plans a dinner party to honour two visitors from London. The events leading up to the dinner enable each of the stars to shine at the centre of a separate episode.
Producer DAVID O. SELZNICK Director GEORGE CUKOR
This Week's Films: p 13. The story of Billie Burke's daughter, The Ziegfelds' Girl: Woman's Hour, R4

Contributors

Producer:
David O. Selznick
Director:
George Cukor
Carlotta Vance:
Marie Dressler
Larry Renault:
John Barrymore
Dan Packard:
Wallace Beery
Kitty Packard:
Jean Harlow
Oliver Jordan:
Lionel Barrymore
Max Kane:
Lee Tracy
Dr Wayne Talbot:
Edmund Lowe
Mrs Oliver Jordan:
Billie Burke
Paula Jordan:
Madge Evans
Jo Stengel:
Jean Hersholt
Mrs Wayne Talbot:
Karen Morley
Hattie Loomis:
Louise Closser Hale
Ernest DeGraff:
Phillips Holmes
Mrs Wendel:
May Robson
Ed Loomis:
Grant Mitchell
Miss Alden:
Phoebe Foster
Miss Copeland:
Elizabeth Patterson
Tina:
Hilda Vaughn
Fosdick:
Harry Beresford
Mr Fitch:
Edwin Maxwell
Mr Hatfield:
John Davidson
Eddie:
Edward Woods
Gustave:
George Baxter
Waiter:
Herman Bing
Dora:
Anna Duncan
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