KAOS: Grand Hotel

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Step inside Hollywood’s most glamorous hotel! Join Steve Hayes as he checks in to the historic Grand Hotel (1932), MGM’s legendary all-star masterpiece that redefined old Hollywood. With Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, and Lewis Stone under the direction of Edmund Goulding, Grand Hotel is a whirlwind of romance, intrigue, and heartbreak set against the opulent backdrop of a Berlin hotel between the wars.

Discover how MGM’s “boy genius” Irving Thalberg took a massive gamble by gathering the studio’s brightest stars—adapting Vicki Baum’s acclaimed novel—and how the risk paid off with an Academy Award for Best Picture. Explore behind-the-scenes stories, unforgettable performances, and iconic lines like Garbo’s immortal, “I want to be alone.” Steve Hayes

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