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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Best Picture #5: "Grand Hotel"


The fifth recipient of the Best Picture Oscar was 1932's Grand Hotel. Despite featuring a who's who of Hollywood legends- Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford and the Barrymores- the film is the only Best Picture winner to see none of its other nominees win.




Unlike the previous winner Cimarron, the film has held up nicely and is still seen as one of Hollywood's finest films.  Greta Garbo's most famous line of dialogue- "I want to be alone" was spoken in this MGM Picture.