Come to Dinner(1934)
MGM's all-star feature Dinner at Eight is parodied in this comic short, in which a cast of unidentified look-alike actors impersonate Lionel Barrymore, Marie Dressler, 'Jean Harlow' , et al.
Movie: Come to Dinner
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Oliver Jurgen
Miss Jurgen - Oliver's Daughter
Dr. Wayne Talcum
Larry Revolt - Press Agent (uncredited)
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MGM's all-star feature Dinner at Eight is parodied in this comic short, in which a cast of unidentified look-alike actors impersonate Lionel Barrymore, Marie Dressler, 'Jean Harlow' , et al.
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1934-02-24
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