I recently rewatched “Grand Hotel” (1932), directed by Edmund Goulding and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.
The story is full of heart-tugging scenarios from a variety of characters that travel in and out of this marvelous hotel. One of the hotel’s permanent residents ironically observes that, “People coming, going—nothing ever happens.”
But a great deal transpires throughout the movie.
Nantucket Nirvana
When I mentioned to my 30-something son and his girlfriend that I was reading Elin Hilderbrand’s “Hotel Nantucket,” she smiled. “I’ve read all of her books, they’re wonderful.”
At that point, I wasn’t very far into the book and actually not familiar with the author….