Week-End at the Waldorf

Week-End at the Waldorf
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert Z. Leonard
Screenplay bySamuel and Bella Spewack
Guy Bolton
Based onGrand Hotel
1929 novel
by Vicki Baum
Produced byArthur Hornblow Jr.
StarringGinger Rogers
Lana Turner
Walter Pidgeon
Van Johnson
CinematographyRobert H. Planck
Edited byRobert J. Kern
Music byJohnny Green
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.[1]
Release date
  • October 4, 1945 (1945-10-04)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,561,000[2][3]
Box office$6,164,000[2]

Week-End at the Waldorf, an American comedy drama film starring Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, and Van Johnson. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, its Samuel and Bella Spewack screenplay is based on playwright Guy Bolton's stage adaptation of the 1929 Vicki Baum novel Grand Hotel, which had been filmed as a straight drama as Grand Hotel in 1932.

  1. ^ Week-End at the Waldorf at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  3. ^ Week-End at the Waldorf at Turner Classic Movies