Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
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 Fitzgerald
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Tom Kane as Narrator (voice) |
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Sydney Guilaroff as Self - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage) |
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J.J. Cohn as Self - MGM Executive (archive footage) (as Joseph J. Cohn) |
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Joan Crawford as Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage) |
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Greta Garbo as Self / Various roles (archive footage) |
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John Barrymore as Self / Various roles (archive footage) |
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Lionel Barrymore as Self / Various roles (archive footage) |
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Wallace Beery as Self / Various roles (archive footage) |
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Lew Ayres as Self (archive footage) |
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Paul Bern as Self (archive footage) |
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William H. Daniels as Self (archive footage) |
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Marion Davies as (archive footage) |
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Marlene Dietrich as Self (archive footage) |
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Jimmy Durante as (archive footage) |
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Self (archive footage) |
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Clark Gable as Self (archive footage) |
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Cedric Gibbons as Self (archive footage) |
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Edmund Goulding as Self (archive footage) |
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Jean Harlow as Self (archive footage) |
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Jean Hersholt as Self (archive footage) |
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Walter Huston as Self (archive footage) |
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Lola Lane as Self (archive footage) |
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Louis B. Mayer as Self (archive footage) |
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Robert Montgomery as Self (archive footage) |
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Conrad Nagel as Self (archive footage) |
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Maureen O'Sullivan as Self (archive footage) |
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Edward G. Robinson as Self (archive footage) |
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Norma Shearer as Self (archive footage) |
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Lewis Stone as Self (archive footage) |
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Irving Thalberg as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Peter Fitzgerald | Director |
