..the dancerJOHN BARRYMORE as The BARONJOAN CRAWFORD as FLAEMMCHEN...the stenographerWALLACE BEERY as General Director PREYSINGLIONEL BARRYMORE as OTTO KRINGELEINLEWIS STONE as DOCTOR OTTERNSCHLAGJEAN HERSHOLT as SENF, the PorterAfterwards, the film opened with a left-to-right tracking shot atop a busy row of telephone operators at consoles, answering calls at Berlin""s ritzy hotel: "Hello, Grand Hotel.Now is not the time to be timid or indecisive."Shortly earlier, General Thade had been led by two gorilla soldiers into the jungle, where they showed him strange evidence: "Something fell from the sky with wings of fire" - they followed a charred path through the undergrowth, where they had heard "a thunderous sound and the ground itself shook." When encouraged to see more of Gwen by his Aunt Mary, Peter replied: "I can""t...I""m just no good for her."He relistened to a voice-phone message from Uncle Ben (recorded just before his death), reminding himself that he must be responsible and protect Gwen:"Peter, I know things have been difficult lately, and I""m sorry about that.Three people whose destinies joined briefly in a dream - but how long could it last?Although allegedly located in the wheat-growing area of World War I Texas in the early part of the 20th century, the film was shot on location in Alberta, Canada over a two-year period.