Film · 2004 · Documentary
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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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.
8 principal 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)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004) is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The 12m documentary directed by Peter Fitzgerald is rated 7.0/10 by 2 viewers.
Checking Out: Grand Hotel was released on February 3, 2004.
Checking Out: Grand Hotel was directed by Peter Fitzgerald.
Checking Out: Grand Hotel has a runtime of 12 minutes.
Checking Out: Grand Hotel is categorized as Documentary, Drama.
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