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Week-End at the Waldorf Hotel Interior

Interior hotel lobby scene designed to be used near built elevators.

Painted hotel interior backdrop with marble columns and an upper balcony
Painted detail of an ornate decorative column capital in a hotel interior backdrop
Painted detail of an ornate metal railing with drapery and window in a hotel interior backdrop
Painted detail of decorative molding and Ionic capitals in a hotel interior backdrop
Painted detail of drapery, window, and potted greenery in a hotel interior backdrop
Painted detail of an ornate decorative railing in a hotel interior backdrop
Film still from Week-End at the Waldorf
Painted hotel interior backdrop with marble columns and an upper balcony
Painted detail of an ornate decorative column capital in a hotel interior backdrop
Painted detail of an ornate metal railing with drapery and window in a hotel interior backdrop
Painted detail of decorative molding and Ionic capitals in a hotel interior backdrop
Painted detail of drapery, window, and potted greenery in a hotel interior backdrop
Painted detail of an ornate decorative railing in a hotel interior backdrop
Film still from Week-End at the Waldorf
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Art Direction
Daniel B. Cathcart, Cedric Gibbons
Scenic Art Supervisor
George Gibson
Description
Interior hotel, Day/Night, Translucent
Place
Montmartre District, Paris, France, 1945
Date
1945
Dimensions
20’-0” x 15’-0”
Medium
Dry color and gelatin binder on cotton muslin
Style
Interior Architecture
Credit
Gift of J.C. Backings Corporation
Photo Credit
Texas Performing Arts, Sandy Carson

Comedy film following the adventures Manhattan’s Waldorf Astoria hotel guests.

Week-End at the Waldorf, 1945- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer