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Saturday Cinema 1: Dinner at Eight

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring
Jean Harlow
Marie Dressier
John Barrymore Wallace Beery
Lionel Barrymore
The lives and loves of a group of New Yorkers come together in a series of dramatic events as they prepare for a society dinner. MGM's boast of having
'more stars than there are in heaven' is borne out by the dazzling cast which includes Jean Harlow as the self-seeking wife of an unscrupulous millionaire.
Screenplay by FRANCES MARION and HERMAN J. MANKIEWlCZ based on the play by GEORGE S. KAUFMAN and EDNA FERBER
Produced by DAVID O. SELZNICK Directed by GEORGE CUKOR
0 FILMS: page 31

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Harlow
Unknown:
Marie Dressier
Unknown:
John Barrymore
Unknown:
Wallace Beery
Unknown:
Lionel Barrymore
Unknown:
Jean Harlow
Unknown:
Frances Marion
Unknown:
Herman J. Mankiewlcz
Play By:
George S. Kaufman
Directed By:
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 Talbot:
Edmund Lowe
Mrs Jordan:
Billie Burke
Paula Jordan:
Madge Evans
Jo Stengel:
Jean Hersholt
Mrs Talbot:
Karen Morley
Hattie Loomis:
Louise Closser Hale
Mrs Wendel:
May Robson
Ed Loomis:
Grant Mitchell
Miss Alden:
Phoebe Foster
Tina:
Hilda Vaughn
Fosdick:
Harry Beresford
Source: Radio Times

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