Checking Out: Grand Hotel
7
2 votes
February 3, 2004
12m
Documentary
Drama
Overview
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.
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Cast
Tom Kane
Narrator (voice)
Sydney Guilaroff
Self - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage)J
J.J. Cohn
Self - MGM Executive (archive footage) (as Joseph J. Cohn)
Joan Crawford
Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
Greta Garbo
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
John Barrymore
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Lionel Barrymore
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Wallace Beery
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Lew Ayres
Self (archive footage)P
Paul Bern
Self (archive footage)
William H. Daniels
Self (archive footage)
Marion Davies
(archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Durante
(archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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