Ihmisiä hotellissa (1945)

Ihmisiä hotellissa (1945). Ihmisiä hotellissa: Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. With Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson. The misadventures of a group of diverse guests at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Manhattan.

“u0026quot;Week-end at the Waldorfu0026quot; was MGMu0026#39;s attempt to cash in on its earlier success u0026quot;Grand Hotelu0026quot; (made in 1932) by re-using the idea of Vicki Baumu0026#39;s play and setting it in wartime.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo the ballerina becomes the actress (Garbo becomes Ginger Rogers), the Baron becomes the war correspondent (John Barrymore becomes Walter Pidgeon), the sick worker becomes the Captain with a heart problem (Lionel Barrymore becomes Van Johnson), and there is still a stenographer (Joan Crawford becomes Lana Turner). In support is the ever reliable Keenan Wynn as an eager-beaver cub reporter.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhere u0026quot;Grand Hotelu0026quot; was star-led and rather stagey, with an improbable plot and an air of glamour, u0026quot;Week-end …u0026quot; is somewhat less starry, more cinematic but dull, and lacks the 30s glamour which ran through the earlier film. Rogers does well enough as the bored actress who is waiting for her next film premiere, and Johnson and Pidgeon are personable enough, but Turner doesnu0026#39;t seem to have enough to do and the film, although watchable, feels a little flat.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSomething of a pointless exercise, really, as the original film, overall, was much better.”