Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004 · 12m · N/A
Documentary, Drama
Directed by
Peter Fitzgerald
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel
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 and cast
- Peter Fitzgerald Director
- Tom Kane as Narrator (voice)
- Sydney Guilaroff as Self - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage)
- J.J. Cohn as Self - MGM Executive (archive footage) (as Joseph J. Cohn)
- 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)
- Paul Bern as Self (archive footage)
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