Roosevelt Standard | 1934-06-21 | Page 5 | "Dinner at Eight" Boasts Million Dollar Cast

DINNER AT EIGHT BOASTS MILLION DOLLAR CAST marlo marie dressler Dros sier john barrymore wallace beery jean jaan barlow lionel barrymore lee tracy edmund lowe dillie burke madge evans jean ifer her karen morley and phillips holmes olmes II I 1 these are the names in in tile the amazing aggregation of cf stars who appear together in metro gold wyn mayers sensational picture dinner at eight which comes to the utopia theatre sunday monday and tuesday june 24 25 26 as the most remarkable picture filmed in the last decade the picture is based on tile the play iby by george S kautman and edna ferber ran on broadway for more than a year it describes the emotional experiences perien ces of A heterogeneous group of people who are brought together at a dramatic dinner party shifting tin its focus from one angle to another the camera picks out a retired musical corned star a shipbuilder facing bankruptcy a washed up matinee idol on the verge of suicide an unscrupulous millionaire and ME his faithless wife a broadway the adrical agent a phillan derin int young doctor a park avenue hostess a cook idith a toothache each of these individuals has ha his or her own emotional conflict and then they are brought to gether in one blasting dramatic climax i this million dollar cast corn com most of the outstanding stars in hollywood sets a n new e record tor for lavishness in f film en it has never happened before and in all likelihood it will never happen again