Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
12m
Running Time
February 3, 2004Release Date
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
12m
Running Time
February 3, 2004Release Date
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Plot.
Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MGM's production genius Irving Thalberg, the film boasted names like Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and John and Lionel Barrymore and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. This short documentary takes a look at the making of the classic film.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Tom Kane
Narrator
Maureen O'Sullivan
Self
Joan Crawford
Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
Sydney Guilaroff
Self - Key MGM Hair Designer
J.J. Cohn
Self - MGM Executive
Greta Garbo
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Peter Fitzgerald
Director
Lew Ayres
Self - At the premiere
John Barrymore
Self / Various roles
Lionel Barrymore
Self / Various roles
Wallace Beery
Self / Various
Paul Bern
Self - At the premiere
William H. Daniels
Self (archive footage)
Marion Davies
(archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Durante
(archive footage)
Details.
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