Grumpy (1923 film)
Grumpy is a 1923 American silent comedy drama film distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play Grumpy by Horace Hodges and Thomas Wigney Percyval and starred English actor Cyril Maude. The director of this film is William C. deMille, brother of Cecil, and the star is Theodore Roberts. This film was remade by Paramount as an early sound film for Cyril Maude reprising his Broadway role. This silent version was thought to be long lost but a copy has been discovered in the Gosfilmofond Archive in Moscow, Russia.[1][2][3]
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| Directed by | William C. deMille |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Written by | Clara Beranger (adaptation, screenplay) |
| Based on | Grumpy by Horace Hodges and Thomas Wigney Percyval |
| Starring | Theodore Roberts |
| Cinematography | L. Guy Wilky |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Cast
- Theodore Roberts as Grumpy
- May McAvoy as Virginia Bullivant
- Conrad Nagel as Ernest Heron
- Casson Ferguson as Chamberlin Jarvis
- Bertram Johns as Keble
- Charles Ogle as Ruddock
- Robert Bolder as Dawson
- Charles K. French as Wolfe
- Bernice Frank as Susan
- Bertram Frank as Jarvis' Valet
References
- Progressive Silent Film List: Grumpy at silentera.com
- The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
- Grumpy as presented on Broadway at Wallack's Theatre, November 19, 1913 to April 1914, 181 performances; IBDb.com
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