This is one of those classic Hollywood movies I had somehow not seen before.
It's an excellent ensemble piece, following five people, all staying at the Grand Hotel in Berlin, whose lives intertwine over the course of a couple days. Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, John and Lionel Barrymore, and Wallace Beery head the all-star cast.
The hotel itself is the kind of place that could only exist in a Hollywood studio film of the '30s. It's hard to imagine a place so opulent in real life -- the sumptuous Art Deco interiors looming impossibly large above the characters, every single detail perfectly in place.
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This reminds me that I, too, have somehow never seen this whole movie.
This and DINNER AT EIGHT would make a great double feature. Of the two, I prefer DINNER AT EIGHT, with its witty humor.
DINNER is another that I've missed, somehow.
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