grand hotel glimmer with art deco oppulence . the performance be wonderful and the script sparkle and the story still enthrall . john barrymore give one of his great performance a the down on his luck baron von giagern and charm wistful and melencoly . brother lionel give his great performance a the dying and but zestful otto kringelien . lewis stone be appropietly flippant and cynical a the enigmatic dr. otternslag and joan crawford show u just how pretty and endear she be in her early career . and then there be garbo and the mystique that follow her to her grave must have start with her ethereal performance in this film . she be a wonder . murder and theft and love and hate and greed . with all of this go on and i wish i could take otternshlag advice and stay one more day .