Dinner at Eight (1933) (MOD) "Crime"

Dinner at Eight (1933) (MOD) "Crime"Dinner at Eight, a vastly entertaining behind closed doors glimpse into the lives of the troubled and troublemaking who's who of people invited to a posh Manhattan party, is served with ample helpings of humor and melodrama. Buoyed by the success of the studio's multistarred, multistoried Grand Hotel the year before, producer David O. Selznick aspired to something grander and found it in this George Cukor directed adaptation of the George S. Kaufman

He's Taz - the original teenage party animal from the land down under

David Maldon (Van Johnson) nearly drowned during World War 2 - in a flood of brandy

Matthew Corbeck (Heston--Ben-Hur) is obsessed with finding and opening the tomb of the murderous ancient Egyptian queen Kara

But the grandest magic is saved for two Roland Petit ballets that Caron

and Suzanne Pleshette (as a potential paramour for Tom) make notable guest performances

The highlight of the show is a grotesque reenactment of Salome's dance of the seven veils

" a giant dinosaur that decimates their ranks

she and Johnny sail for Europe

Newly remastered

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score

These and other Skelton comedy creations have tickled the funnybones of generations of TV viewers

he has a unique guardian angel watching out for him - his boss' daughter