Grand Hotel
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Actor: Greta Garbo, Joan CrawfordBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Full Screen, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 1000035648
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- In this great screen drama, the glitz and glitter of Berlin's opulent Grand Hotel comes alive with its star-studded guests and employees: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and Lionel Barrymore.Year: 1932Running Time: 128 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR Age: 883929002450 UPC: 883929002450 Manufacturer No: 1000035648
Movie Reviews of Grand Hotel
Movie Review: the Drama Queen meets the Ice Queen
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie will be on TCM on Thurs. 3-27 @ 8PM!
All the guests at this posh Berlin hotel come and go with their own problems. Some suffer through heartache and some go through scandal and others suffer fools gladly. There really isn't a common storyline or a thread that keeps them all together, except for the fact that they are all at the Grand Hotel! So, as you probably know "Grand Hotel" has already been released on DVD (and VHS.) But the newest incarnation of this 115 minute black and white M-G-M classic is the first and only special edition which promises to be a fan-favorite! Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford!! It can't get any better than that...!!!
You know, I really wish Warner Home Video would release the DVD cover for this film. After all, Joan was the most photogenic (not to mention photographed) movie star of the Golden Age. This extraordinarily beautiful lady deserves to have her photo shown. And in "Grand Hotel" Joan looks devastatingly beautiful. Joan was always a knockout, but in this picture she was such a hot mama. I added some photos at this link for you, which includes a rare doctored picture of Joan and Greta Garbo (who absolutely refused to be in any publicity photos with Joan!!)
"Grand Hotel" had its world-premiere on April 12, 1932 which caused a huge sensation. At the time of its production, there had never been an "all-star cast." "Grand Hotel" absolutely changed the way movies were made! This movie had a ton of first-rate stars! Joan played Flaemmchen, the sexy little stenographer! And this was one of the very few movies that Joan made for M-G-M where she did not take first billing! In fact, she didn't even take second billing; she came in third, after John Barrymore (Baron Felix von Geigern!) The true star of this picture wasn't Miss Crawford (although she managed to steal the show,) but it was the one and only Greta Garbo (as Grusinskaya, the dancer.) If Joan was the most powerful lady in Hollywood, then Greta Garbo was the most powerful woman in the world! Ms. Garbo had the balls to call all the shots while she beat the good ole boys at their own game! Also included in this classic film are: Wallace Beery (Preysing,) Lionel Barrymore (Otto Kringelein,) and Lewis Stone (Dr. Otternschlag!)
Why is "Grand Hotel" so perfect? Well, for a variety of reasons... All of the performances are so first-rate; everyone was completely supreme! When Grusinskaya looked so happy (after she fell in love) you could see that this ice-princess' cold heart (did she have even have a heart?) was actually beginning to melt! And when Joan, as the little stenographer flirted with all the men that she came into contact with, you believed her because this was the kind of girl that your mother always warned you about. Besides the first-class acting, the cinematography was beautiful. Not since Metropolis has there been such a stunning art deco picture!
In 1932 Joan was just banging 'em out left and right! Besides "Grand Hotel," she also had two other classic film debuts! You might remember, that she also had the perennial favorite, "Letty Lynton," which overtime has become a huge favorite among Joan's fans. And, her third film of the year was United Artists' Rain. Of course you know that Joan never forgave herself for making that movie because it was a huge flop. But again, over time this picture has earned a huge cult-following. More than a quarter of a century later, when asked about these three films Joan said, "Still, two out of three isn't bad." As far as I'm concerned Joan never had anything to be ashamed of! And, I dare say that Miss Crawford pitched a perfect game with three out of three masterful movies in '32!
2008 will surely be just as much Joan's year, just as '32 was! I am so elated because besides the new "Grand Hotel" DVD, there's also a lot more coming out. Joan has her second boxed set that will be out on February 12. This will include some of her greatest pictures, such as: Sadie Mckee, Strange Cargo, A Womans Face, Flamingo Road and Torch Song!!! All of the movies in her boxed set will also be offered individually, on DVD, too! And, 20th Century Fox is finally releasing Joan's '47 classic, Daisy Kenyon on DVD; look for this in March! Here's hoping Johnny Guitar will finally be released on DVD, too! There is also going to be a new book about Miss Crawford which is sure to be one of the most comprehensive and thoughtful books ever written about this talented and larger-than-life superstar; Not the Girl Next Door: Joan Crawford, a Personal Biography (written by celebrity author, Charlotte Chandler) will be out on February 5! And the paperback edition of "Hollywood Martyr" will also be out in Feb., too. (I am not crazy about "Hollywood Martyr," but at least it's not a character-assignation, like most books about poor Joan always are.) I am just beside myself because finally Miss Crawford is being recognized for the talented Movie Queen that she always was!
Summary of Grand Hotel
In this great screen drama the glitz and glitter of Berlin's opulent Grand Hotel comes alive with its star-studded guests and employees: Greta Garbo John Barrymore Joan Crawford Wallace Beery and Lionel Barrymore. Year: 1932Running Time: 128 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/RACY UPC: 883929002450 Manufacturer No: 1000035648Similar DVD Movies
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