Checking Out: Grand Hotel

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.

Top Cast

Tom Kane

Narrator (voice)

Sydney Guilaroff

Self - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage)

J.J. Cohn

Self - MGM Executive (archive footage) (as Joseph J. Cohn)

Joan Crawford

Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)

Greta Garbo

Self / Various roles (archive footage)