Dinner at Eight

As a Manhattan society matron (Billie Burke) scrambles to bring off a formal dinner party, the private peccadilloes and hidden agendas of her family and their guests simmer behind the genteel facade. M-G-M's all-star adaptation of the George S. Kaufman-Edna Ferber stage hit, a feast for lovers of Hollywood's Golden Age, also stars John Barrymore, Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Edmund Lowe. George Cukor directs; black tie optional. 111 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish.