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Checking Out: Grand Hotel

70% | Feb 03, 2004 | Documentary, Drama

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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Peter Fitzgerald
Director

Cast

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Tom Kane
Narrator (voice)
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Sydney Guilaroff
Self - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage)
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J.J. Cohn
Self - MGM Executive (archive footage) (as Joseph J. Cohn)
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Joan Crawford
Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
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Greta Garbo
Self / Various roles (archive footage)

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