The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
133 audience votes
Key crew
- George CukorDirector
- John MeehanWriter
- Frances MarionScreenplay
- Herman J. MankiewiczScreenplay
- William AxtOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Marie DresslerCarlotta Vance
- John BarrymoreLarry Renault
- Wallace BeeryDan Packard
- Jean HarlowKitty Packard
- Lionel BarrymoreOliver Jordan
- Lee TracyMax Kane
- Edmund LoweDr. Wayne Talbot
- Billie BurkeMillicent Jordan
- Madge EvansPaula Jordan
- Jean HersholtJo Stengel
- Karen MorleyLucy Talbot
- Louise Closser HaleHattie Loomis
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Themes
adulterynew york citybusinessmanblackmailgreat depressionbased on play or musicalalcoholismsocial satiredebtextramarital affairsocialitepre-code