Grand Hotel (1932)
84%RT Audience Score: 77%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Perhaps less a true film than a series of star-studded vignettes, Grand Hotel still remains an entertaining look back at a bygone Hollywood era
Grand Hotel is a classic Hollywood film that’s a must-watch for anyone who loves a good ensemble cast. The performances are top-notch, and the production values are impressive, especially considering the film’s age. Sure, it may be a bit creaky and overlong, but that’s all part of its charm. Plus, who doesn’t love seeing what screen glamour used to be like? If you’re in the mood for a bit of old-school Hollywood magic, Grand Hotel is the perfect choice. Just don’t expect any modern-day explosions or superheroes.
Production Company(ies)
Agi Orsi Productions, Forever Films, Quicksilver Entertainment,
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
TV-14
Year of Release
1932
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Stereo
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Aspect ratio:16:9 HD
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Runtime:1h 55m
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Language(s):
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Apr 12, 1932 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 6, 2005
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, directed by Edmund Goulding, written by Vicki Baum, produced by Paul Bern and Irving Thalberg, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Age Staff, SMH Staff, Pauline Kael, Irene Thirer, TIME Staff, David Parkinson, Mike Massie, María Luz Morales, E de S Melcher, Witney Seibold, Jo Berry, MPAA rating, Berlin, hotel, thief, gambler, ballerina, accountant, industrialist, stenographer, ensemble cast, social criticism, pre-code, salacious, old Hollywood, bygone era
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Budget and Earnings Details
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Joan Crawford – Flaemmchen
John Barrymore – Baron Felix von Geigern
Wallace Beery – Preysing
Lionel Barrymore – Otto Kringelein
Lewis Stone – Dr. Otternschlag
Director(s)
Edmund Goulding
Writer(s)
NA
Producer(s)
Paul Bern, Irving Thalberg
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (42) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (36) | Rotten (6)
Grand Hotel is superbly acted and finely produced.
January 25, 2020
Age Staff
The Age (Australia)
TOP CRITIC
In Grand Hotel one finds the perfection of realistic acting. This was to be expected, for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has assembled in this production the most notable cast which has ever appeared In any one film.
January 24, 2020
SMH Staff
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
Most of the players give impossibly bad performances-they chew up the camera. But if you want to see what screen glamour used to be, and what, originally, “stars” were, this is perhaps the best example of all time.
January 3, 2018
Pauline Kael
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
Each and every performer in the screened “Grand Hotel” does a remarkable piece of work. To us, Garbo is the supreme of magnificence.
February 17, 2015
Irene Thirer
New York Daily News
TOP CRITIC
As it is, the hotel is well filled.
February 17, 2009
TIME Staff
TIME Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Creaky, aged and utterly enchanting.
February 20, 2008 | Rating: 4/5
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Although overlong and underwhelming, it’s notable as one of the first big ensemble pieces (and surely the most famous of the time).
July 27, 2020 | Rating: 2/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
It has presented a cast, difficult, if not impossible, to beat. Of a discreet and correct modesty, in form and substance. [Full Review in Spanish]
February 28, 2020
María Luz Morales (Felipe Centeno)
La Vanguardia (Spain)
[Grand Hotel] may be put high up on the list of real screen achievements.
January 24, 2020
E. de S. Melcher
Washington Star
A tremendously sturdy, thoroughly unimaginative, and massively entrancing sample of the early-’30s Hollywood machine doing everything exactly right.
June 4, 2015 | Rating: 8/10
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
The camera movements and production values are elaborate and intriguing and engaging. There is a sense of activity, of bustle in every frame.
March 24, 2014
Witney Seibold
Nerdist
The star-filled melodrama that is Grand Hotel became a blueprint for almost every glossy Hollywood soap opera that followed it.
January 13, 2014 | Rating: 5/5
Jo Berry
Radio Times…
Plot
In the lavish Grand Hotel, a thief and gambler romances an aging ballerina and teams up with a dying accountant against a crooked industrialist and his ambitious stenographer.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The cast of Grand Hotel includes Hollywood legends such as Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, and John Barrymore.
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