newyorkthegoldenage: The gala premiere of the film version of Grand Hotel at the Astor Theater, Apri

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The gala premiere of the film version of Grand Hotel at the Astor Theater, April 12, 1932.

The original, a play, opened on Broadway in November 1930 and was a major hit, running for 459 performances. Eugenie Leontovich  played the role later played on screen by Greta Garbo, Albert van Dekker the role later played by John Barrymore, Hortense Alden the role later played by Joan Crawford, Sam Jaffe the role later played by Lionel Barrymore, and  Siegfried Rumann the role later played by Wallace Beery. The only member of the stage cast who appeared in the film was  Rafaela Ottiano, who played Suzanne (in the movie, Suzette).

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