Checking Out: Grand Hotel(2004)
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.
Director
Peter FitzgeraldCast
Cast
Tom Kane
Narrator (voice)
Sydney Guilaroff
Self - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage)
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)
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.
Self (archive footage)
Clark Gable
Self (archive footage)
Cedric Gibbons
Self (archive footage)
Edmund Goulding
Self (archive footage)
Jean Harlow
Self (archive footage)
Jean Hersholt
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Details
Original Language
en
Country
United States of America
Production
Fitzfilm
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