VHS : Weekend at the Waldorf
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starring: Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Edward Arnolddirected by: Robert Z. Leonard
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302759990
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
ISBN: 6302759994
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Running Time: 130 minutes
Sales Rank: 3265
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: 1945-10
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Boring - couldn't watch it
The two-dimensional uninteresting characters put me to sleep after I gave it a try. I skimmed through it, and promptly erased it - it was on Turner Classic Movies. Glad I didn't buy it. I do like movies from the 40s, otherwise.
Rating:  - Outshines the Original!
When MGM decided to remake its own "Grand Hotel" it pulled out all the stops. Vicky Baum's story of several people crossing paths is set at the lavish Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. MGM provided a glossy sheen and top stars like Ginger Rogers, Van Johnson and Lana Turner. The result is a more accessible movie than the origional Garbo and Barrymore film, and quite frankly a more enjoyable one as well. Rober Z. Leonard takes the great cast through their paces quite nicely.
Ginger ... Read More
Rating:  - Disappointing remake of a brilliant, classic film
Ginger Rogers has top billing, but Lana Turner steals the show in this somewhat sluggish wartime remake of "Grand Hotel." Turner plays Bunny Smith, a young stenographer at the Waldorf, whose desperate race against lifelong poverty leads her to reject love in favor of a calloused, pragmatic, taking-care-of-number-one attitude. Her romance with a wounded WWII soldier (Van Johnson) is the single most interesting aspect of this otherwise negligible film. Stiff and unwieldy, "Weekend" simply lacks ... Read More
Rating: - A great classic film!
This film is really great and very entertaining. Many
famous film stars are in it. I'd give it more stars if I could.
Rating: - Great dialogue, lots o' fun
It gets the highest review possible for being a movie that did exactly what it set out to do: Entertain me with great dialogue, mixed in with clever subplots intertwining each other.
I've never seen its original, "Grand Hotel". Since the original got a Best Picture award, you know where I'm going next.
Still, if you haven't seen Grand Hotel or Weekend at the Waldorf, I'll recommend watching this one first. This way, if Grand Hotel turns out being better, then you'll enjoy both ... Read More
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