Back to search
No image

Movie

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Released: February 3, 2004 (2004)

Runtime: 12 minutes

Genres: Documentary, Drama

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

  • Lionel Barrymore as Self / Various roles (archive footage)

    Age at release: 125

  • John Barrymore as Self / Various roles (archive footage)

    Age at release: 121

  • Wallace Beery as Self / Various roles (archive footage)

    Age at release: 118

  • Jimmy Durante as (archive footage)

    Age at release: 110

  • Marion Davies as (archive footage)

    Age at release: 107

  • Marlene Dietrich as Self (archive footage)

    Age at release: 102

  • Greta Garbo as Self / Various roles (archive footage)

    Age at release: 98

  • Joan Crawford as Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)

    Age at release: 97

  • Lew Ayres as Self (archive footage)

    Age at release: 95

  • Tom Kane as Narrator (voice)

    Age at release: 41

Show more cast