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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:
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- 1939 Best Picture Nominee: Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch) – Awards Don’t Matter
- 1939 Best Picture Winner: Gone With the Wind (Victor Fleming) – Awards Don't Matter
- 1938 Best Picture Nominee: Grand Illusion [La Grande Illusion] (Jean Renoir) – Awards Don't Matter
- 1938 Best Picture Winner: You Can't Take it With You (Frank Capra)
- 1937 Best Picture Nominee: A Star is Born (William A. Wellman) – Awards Don't Matter
