Review of Grand Hotel (1932) by John W — 12 Apr 2015
Starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and Lionel Barrymore. The most modern of the early Oscar-winning best pictures, this endlessly imitated story traces forty-eight hours in the lives of the guests at the Grand Hotel in Berlin, where, so says the permanent resident Lewis Stone, "nothing ever happens.
" It's as melodramatic as it could be, but it's also endlessly entertaining -- Garbo uttering the famous statement "I want to be alone," Beery at his menacing best, and some endearing interaction between the brothers Barrymore.
Directed by Edmund Goulding.
This review of Grand Hotel (1932) was written by John W on 12 Apr 2015.
Grand Hotel has generally received positive reviews.
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