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Dinner at Eight

1933 · 111 min · Director: George Cukor ★ IMDb 7.5 · 9,845 ratings

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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.

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Dinner at Eight (1933) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Empathy 25%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  1. Humor20%

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The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Empathy, Humor. Genres: Comedy, Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Empathy and Humor. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sympathy
  • Sadness
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Relief

Sympathy
Sadness
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 68 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySympathySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor30 %13 %6 %14 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor34 %19 %14 %15 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Humor38 %24 %18 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Humor42 %21 %11 %28 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Humor49 %16 %7 %32 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Humor50 %20 %12 %32 %
32.5 %≈ 36′Tension50 %35 %27 %36 %
37.5 %≈ 42′Sadness53 %47 %40 %39 %
42.5 %≈ 47′Sympathy51 %47 %39 %40 %
47.5 %≈ 53′Sympathy52 %47 %39 %44 %
52.5 %≈ 58′Sympathy57 %48 %42 %44 %
57.5 %≈ 64′Humor53 %35 %30 %37 %
62.5 %≈ 69′Humor54 %20 %16 %42 %
67.5 %≈ 75′Humor63 %29 %24 %56 %
72.5 %≈ 80′Sympathy73 %57 %52 %61 %
77.5 %≈ 86′Sympathy68 %61 %55 %50 %
82.5 %≈ 92′Humor60 %48 %45 %36 %
87.5 %≈ 97′Sadness69 %59 %59 %38 %
92.5 %≈ 103′Sympathy74 %57 %52 %34 %
97.5 %≈ 108′Relief70 %35 %24 %19 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

MD
Marie Dressler

JH
Jean Harlow

Kitty Packard

LT
Lee Tracy

ME
Madge Evans

KM
Karen Morley

Lucy Talbot

LC
Louise Closser Hale

Hattie Loomis

PH
Phillips Holmes

Ernest DeGraff

MR
May Robson

Mrs. Wendel

GM
Grant Mitchell

Ed Loomis

PF
Phoebe Foster

Miss Alden

EP
Elizabeth Patterson

Miss Copeland

HV
Hilda Vaughn

Tina

HB
Harry Beresford

Fosdick

EM
Edwin Maxwell

Mr. Fitch

Details

Directed by
George Cukor
Written by
Herman J. Mankiewicz, John Meehan, Frances Marion
Type
Movies
Released
1933
Runtime
111 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 9,845 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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