CINEVISTA: Grand Hotel

April 6 - June 1

Pack your bags and check in for a cinematic getaway! CineVista: A Cinematic Tour of Iconic Hotels invites audiences on a globe-trotting journey through some of the most memorable hotels ever captured on film.

From sun-washed seaside resorts and glamorous city suites to mysterious European hideaways and haunted mountain lodges, these films showcase hotels not just as settings—but as characters themselves.

Each evening begins at 5:00 PM with a vintage-style pre-show featuring trailers, newsreels, and cinematic ephemera from the year of the film. At 6:00 PM, the main feature lights up the big screen of the Historic Camelot Theatre, with local film historians introducing each film and sharing insights into the movie, the hotel, and the fascinating stories behind both.

So grab your passport and settle into your seat as the Camelot becomes your departure lounge. This season’s itinerary spans India, the Florida Keys, the Italian Alps, Yosemite, New York City, and beyond.

Grand Hotel (1932)

Directed by Edmund Goulding

Starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery

Inspired by the grand luxury hotels of Berlin in the 1920s

Set entirely within the opulent Grand Hotel of Berlin, this Academy Award-winning classic weaves together the lives of guests whose stories intersect in unexpected ways. In the glittering lobby of Europe’s most fashionable hotel, fortunes rise and fall, romances ignite, and the phrase “Grand Hotel… always the same. People come. People go.” became cinema legend.

Tour Guide: Film Historian, Corey Roskin

Corey Roskin is a writer, social services professional and cultural arts organizer based in Palm Springs, California. For 29 years he worked for the City of West Hollywood, most notably coordinating special events and projects as part of the City’s Social Services Division.

For the past 23 years he has also been programming and producing literary events including the West Hollywood Book Fair, Lambda Lit Fest and Palm Springs Pride on the Page among others. Roskin currently serves on the Board of the Palm Springs Public Library Foundation and on the special events team at the Palm Springs Cultural Center. He also dabbles in writing fiction and personal stories and has volunteered for a variety of social services and cultural arts programs for almost 40 years.

Info: Come early and enjoy vintage trailers, clips, and film ephemera from the year the film was made!

Info: Enjoy a rare screening of a cinema classic on the BIG SCREEN in the Historic Camelot Theatre.

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Host or Publisher Palm Springs Cultural Center