Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Name: Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Director: Peter Fitzgerald
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Released: 2004-02-03
Duration: 12 min
Cast: Tom Kane, Sydney Guilaroff, J.J. Cohn, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo

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2004 · 12 min · Documentary · Drama · TMDB 7.0/10

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.

Directed by Peter Fitzgerald

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)