GRAND HOTEL
(1932)With Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Jean Hersholt
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Black and White
Reviewed by JL
One of the first, and
perhaps the most
influential, of the all-star ensemble films, GRAND HOTEL works as high
camp for today's audiences, even as its melodrama and farce seem creaky
by today's standards. The disparate cast of characters form
six
intertwining plot lines that all converge on the theft of Greta Garbo's
jewels. It's Garbo's "I vant to be alone" film; she delivers
a
classic over-the-top diva performance that makes Norma Desmond seem
laid back. DINNER AT EIGHT is the better film in this genre,
but
GRAND HOTEL is loads of fun as well. 
- JL
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