Grand Hotel: Directed by Edmund Goulding. With Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery. A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas. Grand Hotel is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Edmund Goulding and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.The screenplay by William A. Drake is based on the 1930 play of the same title by Drake, who had adapted it from the 1929 novel Menschen im Hotel by Vicki Baum.To date, it is the only film to have won the Academy Award for Best Picture without being nominated in any other category.
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Grand Hotel (1932) -- (Movie Clip) I Have A Complaint Epic take by director Edmund Goulding, at the front desk, mostly Kringelein (Lionel Barrymore) griping, meeting the Baron (brother John Barrymore), Dr. Otternschlag (Lewis Stone) and concierge (Charles Trowbridge), then Joan Crawford's entrance, in MGM's all-star Grand Hotel, 1932. Joan played a stenographer in this classic movie that won the Academy award for best picture in 1932. Joan Crawford was only 27 during the filming of ' Grand Hotel (1932)'. Crawford's career had blossomed into stardom by 1932, but the most exciting roles remained to come. Initially, Joan turned down this role because she was afraid that most of her part would be cut. However, she accepted the role. She was assured that her role would be. Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 190? - May 10, 1977) was an American actress. She. Grand Hotel was released in April 1932 to critical and commercial success. It was one of the highest-grossing movies of the year, and won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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Topic number two for Grand Hotel has always been Joan Crawford, with critics and fans getting excited about the ambitious star earning respect by 'upstaging' the Swedish legend. Thalberg was wise to keep the women completely separate. The difference in their acting styles makes comparisons pointless - Garbo is all poetry and grand gestures. Yes, "Grand Hotel" is playing this weekend at the Berkeley Art Museum's Pacific Film Archive as part of its Garbo retrospective (7 p.m. Sunday, June 24, 2155 Center St., Berkeley; 510-642. Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore and WallaceBeery star in this winner of an Oscar for Best Picture--Grand Hotel.In asingle day in Berlin's Grand Hotel, jewel thief Baron Felix von Geigern(John Barrymore--Dinner at Eight) covets both prima ballerinaGrusinskaya's (Garbo--Anna Christie) jewels and the beautiful Flaemmchen(Academy Award winner Crawford--Mildred Pierce),. In this tremendous 1932 Best Picture Winner, the glitz and glitter of Berlin's opulent Grand Hotel comes alive with its star-studded cast: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and Lionel Barrymore. This Academy Award winner for Best Picture is a sweeping soap opera about the guests at the Grand Hotel.
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An ensemble cast including Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and Lionel Barrymore star in Edmund Goulding's drama as the various guests at an opulent Berlin hotel between the wars who become entwined within each other's lives during their stay. Purchase Grand Hotel on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore and Wallace Beery star in this winner of an Oscar for Best Picture--Grand Hotel. In a single day in Berlin's Grand Hotel, jewel thief Baron Felix von Geigern (John Barrymore--Dinner at Eight) covets both prima ballerina Grusinskaya's (Garbo--Anna Christie.
Grand Hotel is a 1932 drama film starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, and Joan Crawford. The story was adapted from the 1929 novel 'Menschen im Hotel by Vicki Baum.' The story unfolds within the confines of the Grand Hotel, Berlin's most prestigious hotel between the wars. Crawford is in a cleavage revealing, form fitting dress. No doubt is was considered a very adult scene at the time. The most shocking thing about it, by today's Hollywood standards, is that both Crawford and Barrymore are smoking cigarettes during the entire thing. Grand Hotel stands as a major moment in movie history. I enjoyed most of it.
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At a luxurious Berlin hotel between the wars, the once-wealthy Baron Felix von Gaigern (John Barrymore) supports himself as a thief and gambler. In this lavish adaptation of the successful. Joan played a stenographer in this classic movie that won the Academy award for best picture in 1932.
