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Theatrical release poster Directed by George Cukor, Dinner at Eight (1933) revolve s around the eminent dinner part hosted by Millic ent Jordan (Billie Burke), the s nobbish soci alite wife of shipping magnate Oliver Jordan (Lion el Barrymore). Millic ent is so aggrav ated about every thing going wrong that she is oblivious to Oliv er's impendin g bankrup t cy and serious heart condition, as well as her daug hter Paula 's (M ad ge Evans) preoccupa tion about the return of her fiancé, Ernest DeGraff (Phillips Holmes), from Europe. One of the invited g uests is Carlott a Vance ( Marie Dressler), a former sta ge s tar and Oliver's one -time flame. Also invited are corrupt mining t yco on Dan Packard (Wallace Beery), who is secretly consuming Oliver's business , and his brassy young wife Kitty (Jean Harlow). On the eve of the dinner, Millicen t, short of an extra man for Carlotta , in vites wash ed-up silent movie star Larry Renault (John Barrymore), compl...

Theatrical release poster Directed by W. S. Van Dyke, Marie Antoinette (1938) opens when Marie Antoinette (Norma Shearer) is informed by her mother, Empress Marie Therese of Austria (Alma Kruger), that she is to marry the heir to the throne of France, the Dauphin Louis XVI (Robert Morley). Marie expects a life of grandeur, but finds that Louis is a shy and introverted man, who proves an unwilling husband as well. Her problems at the court are increased by Madame du Barry (Gladys George), the scheming mistress of King Louis XV (John Barrymore), who takes special pleasure in taunting Marie's inability to conceive an heir with the Dauphin. Though Marie initally seems to enjoy the support of the Duke d'Orléans (Joseph Schildkraut), he later reveals himself to be a duplicitious and power-hungry confidante. Meanwhile, Marie meets the dashing Swedish diplomat Count Axel Fersen (Tyrone Power) and the two soon begin a romantic affair. A few days after their fourth wedding anniv...