Grand Hotel: Best Picture 1932 - CelebritySpice.com

GRAND HOTEL (Drama - NR) PRODUCER: Irving Thalberg ABOUT THE FILM With a setting in a glamorous Berlin hotel we follow many unrelated stories, including: Greta Garbo as an aging, bored ballerina who is pursued by John Barrymore (a poor baron, who's now a jewel thief) who incorrectly thinks she's rich. Lionel Barrymore was the doomed bookkeeper, Joan Crawford was the stenographer and Wallace Beery was the Prussian industrialist. DIRECTED BY: Edmund Goulding

THE CAST INCLUDES Greta Garbo (ANNA CHRISTIE, QUEEN CHRISTINA, ANNA KARENINA, CAMILLE, NINOTCHKA) John Barrymore (A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT, ROMEO AND JULIET) Lionel Barrymore (DINNER AT EIGHT, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, YOUNG DR. KILDARE) Wallace Beery (THE CHAMP, MIN AND BILL, DINNER AT EIGHT, ANNIE, TREASURE ISLAND) With Joan Crawford, Jean Hersholt, and Lewis Stone. ABOUT THE PRODUCER Irving Thalberg (1899-1936) was considered MGM's boy wonder of the early thirties. He was married to actress Norma Shearer. He was responsible for many films, including: MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY and ROMEO AND JULIET. He also hired the Marx Brothers. NOTES & TRIVA Was based on Vicki Baum's best selling novel. This film was considered to be the first big, all-star talkie. Yes this is the film where Garbo first said: "I want to be alone". Story reworked many times, including: WEEKEND AT THE WALDORF and THE VIP'S. OTHER "BEST PICTURE" NOMINATIONS ARROWSMITH BAD GIRL THE CHAMP FIVE STAR FINAL ONE HOUR WITH YOU SHANGHAI EXPRESS THE SMILING LIEUTENANT GO TO: Next Year

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