The creme de la creme of MGM's pantheon gathers at the luxurious GRAND HOTEL, where "nothing ever happens." Greta Garbo is at her most radiant and poetic as the melancholy ballerina who finds a reason to dance again after she falls for the down-and-out Baron (John Barrymore) who planned to rob her. In another room a ravishing .. Read more
| Starring | Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery |
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| Director | Edmund Goulding |
| Genres | Drama |
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The creme de la creme of MGM's pantheon gathers at the luxurious GRAND HOTEL, where "nothing ever happens." Greta Garbo is at her most radiant and poetic as the melancholy ballerina who finds a reason to dance again after she falls for the down-and-out Baron (John Barrymore) who planned to rob her. In another room a ravishing young secretary (Joan Crawford) succumbs to the advances of an arrogant industrialist (Wallace Beery). In yet another, a fatally ill office clerk (Lionel Barrymore) spends his life savings in a desperate effort to derive some pleasure from this bleak and brief existence. Downstairs at the bar, a disfigured doctor (Lewis Stone) dispenses wry commentary as people come and go. This precedent-setting ensemble piece of frothy, bubbly, tear-jerking super soap cemented the A-list status of its director, Edmund Goulding. It's an oft-imitated, never duplicated spectacle; the old Hollywood star system lighting up the sky with all the wattage at its disposal.
| Starring | Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone |
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| Director | Edmund Goulding |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 47 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | Best Picture Oscar Winners |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1932 To Rent: DVD: not available To Buy: DVD: 22 Aug 2005 |
It's a little faded now, but much of the magic still works in this first of the portmanteau movies; the production is opulent yet somehow stiff, and the performances have survived with varying success.
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The other side of paradise
Like many old movies the plot does not stand modern examination. The veteran thief baron cannot be that easily caught by a foolish millionaire, let alone ... read more »
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Grand Hotel
I was prepared to give this legendary film my respectful attention, but in fact I was pulled along with the plot and the acting. Garbo (it is here she famously ... read more »
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A Grand Performance
Yes, I really enjoyed this film.
Its multiple plots and stories that interconnect must have been pretty fulfilling for the audience at the time of ... read more »
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Grand Hotel - great film
Quite unexpectedly downbeat ending for Hollywood classic.
Some quite risque dialogue also (was this before the Hayes Code?).
Everyone is ... read more »
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