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As expected, going through the Best Picture winner history, we were bound to find a forgotten classic, neglected by time and popular culture, and worthwhile celebrating. Well, here we are with Edmund Goulding’s Best Picture winner, Grand Hotel.
Featuring stellar performances from an all star cast, with Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt, and more, Grand Hotel was nominated for one single Oscar – Best Picture – and triumphed in its sole category.
Hosts Andrew and Dave discuss the tragedy of its sole nomination, and the value of a talkie like this. Dig on in.
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Andrew F Peirce – @TheCurbAU
David Giannini – @Darnthatdave
Watch the Grand Hotel premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood:
1934 Best Picture Nominee The Thin Man (W. S. Van Dyke) – Awards Don't Matter – Awards Don't Matter
- 1934 Best Picture Nominee The Thin Man (W. S. Van Dyke) – Awards Don't Matter
- 1934 Best Picture Winner It Happened One Night (Frank Capra) – Awards Don't Matter
- 1932-1933 Best Picture Nominee – 42nd Street (Lloyd Bacon) – Awards Don't Matter
- 1932-1933 Best Picture Winner Cavalcade (Frank Lloyd) – Awards Don't Matter
- 1931-1932 Best Picture Winner – Grand Hotel (Edmund Goulding)
