All star redo of "Grand Hotel". Ginger Roger plays Irene Malvern an unhappy actress; Walter Pidgeon plays Chip Collyer a war correspondent; Lana Turner plays Bunny Smith a beautiful stenographer; Van Johnson plays Captain James Hollis a dying officer; Edward Arnold plays Martin Edley a crooked businessman; Keenan Wynn plays Oliver Webson a report and Robert Benchley plays a columnist (clever). They're all working or are staying at the Waldorf--a very exclusive hotel in New York and their lives interact with each other.
I usually love all star movies like this but this one was just plain dull. It was made with the usual MGM gloss but the characters and stories were just not interesting. Scenes are dragged out to a ridiculous degree and the movie is far too long. It doesn't help that every single story is totally predictable. The acting is pretty good so that helps and there is a nice song ("And There You Are") but I was basically just bored and fast forwarded through most of the last hour. This gets a 6 for the acting and production values but I really can't recommend this.
I usually love all star movies like this but this one was just plain dull. It was made with the usual MGM gloss but the characters and stories were just not interesting. Scenes are dragged out to a ridiculous degree and the movie is far too long. It doesn't help that every single story is totally predictable. The acting is pretty good so that helps and there is a nice song ("And There You Are") but I was basically just bored and fast forwarded through most of the last hour. This gets a 6 for the acting and production values but I really can't recommend this.