Grand Hotel is a 1932 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The screenplay by William A. Drake is based on the 1930 play by Drake, who had adapted it from the 1929 novel Menschen im Hotel by Vicki Baum. Best Picture at the 5th Academy Awards, November 18, 1932 — hosted by Lionel Barrymore and Conrad Nagel at Ambassador Hotel. Most awards that night: Bad Girl and The Champ. Wiki link Wiki link Poster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB).