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Starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Joan Crawford, and Wallace Beery By Seán Martinfield Sentinel Fine Arts Critic Photo by Lynn Imanaka In celebration of the special exhibition, The State Museums of Berlin and the Legacy of James Simon, CINEMA SUPPER CLUB at the Legion of Honor continues its Berliner Film Fest, a series of films made or set in Berlin. This Thursday night’s feature is one of the great Hollywood Classics from MGM Studios, GRAND HOTEL. MGM’s GRAND HOTEL, 1932 It is Garbo at her finest. A major star among stars. Glorified. As ballet diva “Grusinskaya”, she is given the most golden of opportunities to display extravagant expressions of joy, despair, resignation, exuberance, and fear. It’s all in the close-ups. The moments are absolute and – under the watchful eye of director Edmund Goulding... [read full story]
