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Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)

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.

Release: 2004-02-03
Runtime: 12 min
Rating: 7 / 10
Cast
Tom Kane
Tom Kane
Narrator (voice)
Sydney Guilaroff
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)
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford
Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
John Barrymore
John Barrymore
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Wallace Beery
Wallace Beery
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Lew Ayres
Lew Ayres
Self (archive footage)
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Paul Bern
Self (archive footage)
William H. Daniels
William H. Daniels
Self (archive footage)
Marion Davies
Marion Davies
(archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante
(archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Clark Gable
Clark Gable
Self (archive footage)
Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
Self (archive footage)
Edmund Goulding
Edmund Goulding
Self (archive footage)