Every Best Picture - Grand Hotel (1932) - Academy Award Winners Series

Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, and Joan Crawford star in the 1932 Academy Award Best Picture winning "Grand Hotel". In this episode we do a "deep dive" of the MGM classic and decide whether the film stands the test of time and still deserves its place in cinema history.

** Deep Dive Movie Reviews contain spoilers **

0:00 - Intro

0:41 - Grand Hotel at the 1932 Oscars

4:40 - Initial reactions to Grand Hotel

8:55 - Steve shares his experiences as a real life hotel concierge

13:30 - James’ shares thoughts and early speculations

15:00 - Greta Garbo “I want to be alone”

20:00 - Is Capitalism the villain in The Grand Hotel?

28:00 - Does Grand Hotel stand the test of time?