Checking Out: Grand Hotel

February. 03,2004      
Rating:
3.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Tom Kane as  Narrator (voice)
Joan Crawford as  Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
Greta Garbo as  Self / Various roles (archive footage)
John Barrymore as  Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Lionel Barrymore as  Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Wallace Beery as  Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Lew Ayres as  Self (archive footage)
Marion Davies as  (archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich as  Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Durante as  (archive footage)

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Reviews

GamerTab
2004/02/03

That was an excellent one.

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SpuffyWeb
2004/02/04

Sadly Over-hyped

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TrueHello
2004/02/05

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

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Lela
2004/02/06

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

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