Grand Hotel

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In later years Joan Crawford described the movie as "a grand film, a grand experience in my life. I' [...]	D
Much ado was made in the press about the numerous big stars in the cast and how there was sure to be [...]	D
When Greta Garbo utters her famous "I want to be alone" line, the song "Lover come back to me" can b [...]	D
The role of Suzette was intended for Pauline Frederick but she was forced to pull out due to illness [...]	D
Vicki Baum's original play opened in Berlin in February 1930.	D
The Hollywood premiere of the film promised a performance from Greta Garbo following the film screen [...]	D
Greta Garbo turned down the role not because she refused to share the spotlight, but because she bel [...]	D
Joan Crawford initially objected to her role as Flaemmchen because she feared that much of her perfo [...]	D
Wallace Beery also turned down his part, only to take it again when promised that he would be the on [...]	D
Joan Crawford was initially less than enthused to take part in Grand Hotel (1932) because her unglam [...]	D
Tickets for the premiere roadshow engagements were as high as $1.50, an extraordinary price for a mo [...]	D
One of four films in which Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore both appear.	D
Buster Keaton proposed a comic version set in a New York flophouse entitled "Grand Mills Hotel" with [...]	D
The ensemble cast never actually all appeared together.	D
In 1989, a new musical adaptation was produced for Broadway. It opened Nov 12, 1989 at the Martin Be [...]	D
Joan Crawford was admittedly awestruck by Greta Garbo. Though they had no scenes together, Crawford [...]	D
The films "Grand Hotel Budapest" and "Hotel du Lac" (and many others) use elements first shown in th [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2002 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 top 1 [...]	D
At the time of his death in 1946, W.C. Fields claimed to be working on a low-brow comedy screenplay [...]	D
The original MGM Grand in Las Vegas (where Bally's now stands) was built to resemble the design of t [...]	D
The quote "I want to be alone" spoken by Greta Garbo in this movie was listed at #30 in AFI List of [...]	D
John Barrymore was so thrilled at the prospect of appearing in the film with Greta Garbo that he acc [...]	D
The theatrical trailer which is commonly shown on behalf of this film was designed for an intended, [...]	D
During the filming of the busy lobby scenes, the actors wore socks over their shoes to prevent noise [...]	D
Lionel Barrymore would die at age 76 on what would have been the 75th birthday of his co-star here L [...]	D
Two years before directing this film, Edmund Goulding directed the movie The Devil's Holiday (1930), [...]	D
When shooting was completed in mid-February of 1932, MGM promoted the film heavily, its trailer boas [...]	D
The only Best Picture Oscar winner not to be nominated for any other Academy Awards. It was also one [...]	D
The film cast includes three Oscar winners: Joan Crawford, Lionel Barrymore and Wallace Beery; and t [...]	D
Apparently, there were some suggestive scenes shot between Joan Crawford and Wallace Beery including [...]	D
Greta Garbo was true to her sometimes aloof and temperamental reputation. Most notably, she detested [...]	D
Daringly conceived by MGM production chief Irving Thalberg as what would become the first all-star f [...]	D
Greta Garbo lived up to her reclusive reputation by refusing to attend the spectacular Hollywood pre [...]	D
John Barrymore famously said to cinematographer William H. Daniels: "I'm 50 years old and I want to [...]	D
Greta Garbo wanted John Gilbert to play her lover but his recent lackluster box office record preclu [...]	D
The most expensive seat at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles for the film's first run would h [...]	D
The background music that plays when Garbo's character first appears is from the first movement of P [...]	D
A Louisiana Flip includes a raw egg (as all Flip drinks do), orange juice, rum, grenadine and Cointr [...]	D
Wallace Beery was originally upset at being cast as Preysing, believing that playing an amoral busin [...]	D
Adolphus the dog was a long haired dackel, or dachshund, one of the region's most famous canine bree [...]	D
Buster Keaton was first choice to play the Lionel Barrymore part.	D
Though film lore has suggested that Joan Crawford was irked by Greta Garbo's top billing, this was n [...]	D
At one point, Oscar winner Wallace Beery stormed out of rehearsals, saying he would only come back " [...]	D
As befits a German industrialist, General Director Preysing is shown doing keep fit calisthenics aft [...]	D
Joan Crawford tackled the role of Flaemmchen with her characteristic gusto and confidently held her [...]	D
Rumors circulated that additional scenes with Greta Garbo were added after previews to ensure that J [...]	D
The film was parodied the very same year in Blondie of the Follies (1932).	D
In addition to her reservations about appearing youthful enough to portray a prima ballerina, Greta [...]	D
Irving Thalberg originally wanted his wife Norma Shearer to play the role of Flaemmchen. However, sh [...]	D
The Hollywood premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theater was one of the film industry's most spectacular [...]	D
In its first year of release, Grand Hotel (1932) recouped its budget five times over.	D
Clark Gable was originally announced as playing Preysing (the Wallace Beery role), but he was though [...]	D
MGM studio brass wondered how their top female star Greta Garbo would get along with John Barrymore [...]	D
Adapted from the Broadway play "Grand Hotel" by William Absalom Drake, as translated from the German [...]	D
In a package deal, MGM purchased both the stage and film rights of Vicki Baum's novel, Menschen im H [...]	D
A preview screening held in Monterey, California produced rave reviews for up-and-coming star Joan C [...]	D
The song hummed by Garbo at several points in the film is out of tune, but recognizably - Edvard Gri [...]	D
According to Samuel Marx's book Mayer and Thalberg, this film was made for about $700,000 and in its [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 G [...]	D
Both Greta Garbo and John Barrymore were very wary about working with each other. In actuality, they [...]	D
This was one of the first films to be widely parodied in both short films and cartoons.	D
At the time this film was set, Manchester was the industrial heart of England and had a well-establi [...]	D
Author and playwright Vicki Baum based "Menschen im Hotel" both on a true story about a scandal at a [...]	D
The only appearance in a Best Picture Oscar winning film of six out of seven of the main cast, with [...]	D
Principal photography commenced in December 1931 soon after the New York stage play closed. There wa [...]	D
As of 2016, this is the third of eleven movies to win the Academy Award for Best Picture without rec [...]	D
Scenes from the film appear in L'appartamento (1960).	D
By all accounts, Greta Garbo and John Barrymore worked extremely well together and were quite genero [...]	D
Greta Garbo was very particular as to how her love scenes with John Barrymore were shot. She request [...]	D
The era between the Wars, despite the setbacks of the Great Depression, produced some bold new desig [...]	D
Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford appear in no scenes together.	D
The biggest Hollywood hit of 1932.	D

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Grand Hotel

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