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  • Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
  • Video | 12 min | Documentary, Short
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
Video | 12 min | Documentary, Short

The making of the Oscar-winning classic, "Grand Hotel" was rife with blazing egos and star behavior unlike anything else in Hollywood history. Never before had there existed an all-star, ensemble cast on film, and none with so many ...See moreThe making of the Oscar-winning classic, "Grand Hotel" was rife with blazing egos and star behavior unlike anything else in Hollywood history. Never before had there existed an all-star, ensemble cast on film, and none with so many heavyweights as MGM could provide. Concieved by MGM's production genius Irving Thalberg, (who brainstormed the notion of an ensemble cast for the film) the film boasted names like Garbo, Crawford, Beery and two Barrymores, went on have its celebrated premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre and won the Academy Award for best picture. Thus, the ensemble cast film became a staple for the studio, who went on to produce "Dinner at Eight" and several others in the ensuing years. Written by Peter Fitzgerald See less
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Updated Feb 3, 2004

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Feb 3, 2004 (United States)

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31 cast members
Name Known for
Tom Kane
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Maureen O'Sullivan
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Sydney Guilaroff
Self - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage) Self - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage)   See fewer
J.J. Cohn
Self - MGM Executive (archive footage) (as Joseph J. Cohn) Self - MGM Executive (archive footage) (as Joseph J. Cohn)   See fewer
Lew Ayres
Self - At the premiere (archive footage) Self - At the premiere (archive footage)   See fewer
John Barrymore
Self / Various roles (archive footage) Self / Various roles (archive footage)   See fewer
Lionel Barrymore
Self / Various roles (archive footage) Self / Various roles (archive footage)   See fewer
Wallace Beery
Self / Various (archive footage) Self / Various (archive footage)   See fewer
Paul Bern
Self - At the premiere (archive footage) Self - At the premiere (archive footage)   See fewer
Joan Crawford
Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage) Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)   See fewer
William H. Daniels
Self - Director of Photography (archive footage) Self - Director of Photography (archive footage)   See fewer
Marion Davies
Blondie McClune (archive footage) Blondie McClune (archive footage)   See fewer
Marlene Dietrich
Self - At the premiere (archive footage) Self - At the premiere (archive footage)   See fewer
Jimmy Durante
Jimmy (archive footage) Jimmy (archive footage)   See fewer
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self - At the premiere (archive footage) Self - At the premiere (archive footage)   See fewer
Clark Gable
Self - At the premiere (archive footage) Self - At the premiere (archive footage)   See fewer
Greta Garbo
Self / Various Roles (archive footage) Self / Various Roles (archive footage)   See fewer
Cedric Gibbons
Self - Art Director (archive footage) Self - Art Director (archive footage)   See fewer
Edmund Goulding
Self - At the premiere (archive footage) Self - At the premiere (archive footage)   See fewer
Jean Harlow
Self - At the premiere (archive footage) Self - At the premiere (archive footage)   See fewer
Jean Hersholt
Self - At the premiere (archive footage) Self - At the premiere (archive footage)   See fewer
Walter Huston
Self - At the premiere (archive footage) Self - At the premiere (archive footage)   See fewer
Lola Lane
Self - At the premiere (archive footage) Self - At the premiere (archive footage)   See fewer
Louis B. Mayer
Self - At the premiere (archive footage) Self - At the premiere (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Montgomery
Self - At the premiere (archive footage) Self - At the premiere (archive footage)   See fewer
Conrad Nagel
Self - At the premiere (archive footage) Self - At the premiere (archive footage)   See fewer
Edward G. Robinson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Norma Shearer
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Lewis Stone
Self - At the premiere (archive footage) Self - At the premiere (archive footage)   See fewer
Irving Thalberg
Self - Producer (archive footage) Self - Producer (archive footage)   See fewer
Jackie Cooper
Dink (archive footage) (uncredited) Dink (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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