Movie: Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Top 10 Billed Cast

Tom Kane
Tom Kane

Narrator (voice)

Sydney Guilaroff
Sydney Guilaroff

Self - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage)

J.J. Cohn
J.J. Cohn

Self - MGM Executive (archive footage) (as Joseph J. Cohn)

Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford

Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)

Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo

Self / Various roles (archive footage)

John Barrymore
John Barrymore

Self / Various roles (archive footage)

Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore

Self / Various roles (archive footage)

Wallace Beery
Wallace Beery

Self / Various roles (archive footage)

Lew Ayres
Lew Ayres

Self (archive footage)

Paul Bern
Paul Bern

Self (archive footage)

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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.

  • Release Date

    2004-02-03

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    7

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