Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Directed by Peter Fitzgerald
2004    12m
Documentary, Drama, Short
3.5
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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.
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Cast of Checking Out: Grand Hotel
  • Tom KaneNarrator (voice)
  • Sydney GuilaroffSelf - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage)
  • J.J. CohnSelf - MGM Executive (archive footage) (as Joseph J. Cohn)
  • Joan CrawfordSelf / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
  • Greta GarboSelf / Various roles (archive footage)
  • John BarrymoreSelf / Various roles (archive footage)
  • Lionel BarrymoreSelf / Various roles (archive footage)
  • Wallace BeerySelf / Various roles (archive footage)
  • Lew AyresSelf (archive footage)
  • Paul BernSelf (archive footage)
  • William H. DanielsSelf (archive footage)
  • Marion Davies(archive footage)
  • Marlene DietrichSelf (archive footage)
  • Jimmy Durante(archive footage)
  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Self (archive footage)
  • Clark GableSelf (archive footage)
  • Cedric GibbonsSelf (archive footage)
  • Edmund GouldingSelf (archive footage)
  • Jean HarlowSelf (archive footage)
  • Jean HersholtSelf (archive footage)
  • Walter HustonSelf (archive footage)
  • Lola LaneSelf (archive footage)
  • Louis B. MayerSelf (archive footage)
  • Robert MontgomerySelf (archive footage)
  • Conrad NagelSelf (archive footage)
  • Maureen O'SullivanSelf (archive footage)
  • Edward G. RobinsonSelf (archive footage)
  • Norma ShearerSelf (archive footage)
  • Lewis StoneSelf (archive footage)
  • Irving ThalbergSelf (archive footage)

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