Lights, Camera, Deco: Grand Hotel

Date: Sunday, May 19, 2019
Time: 4–7pm
Location: The Wolfsonian–FIU @ 1001 Washington Avenue + Miami Beach Cinematheque @ 1130 Washington Avenue

The first in the Wolfsonian Deco film series with the Miami Beach Cinematheque is Edmund Goulding’s 1932 film Grand Hotel, a Berlin-based film. Originally conceived as a novel and then a play, this black-and-white classic features a day of Art Deco drama as the six main characters experience theft, lust, gambling, and death. Stop by The Wolfsonian for a 4pm tour of Deco: Luxury to Mass Market before taking in the film’s iconic Cedric Gibbons set design at the Cinematheque at 5pm.

$11; FREE* for MBC and Wolfsonian members, seniors, and students | Tickets
*Optional tour of Deco at The Wolf is included in the film admission price.