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| name = Grumpy
| name = Grumpy
| image = Grumpy-1923-newspaperad.jpg
| image = Grumpy (1923) - 1.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Advertisement
| caption = Newspaper advertisement
| director = [[William C. deMille]]
| director = [[William C. deMille]]
| producer = [[Adolph Zukor]]<br>[[Jesse Lasky]]
| producer = [[Adolph Zukor]]<br>[[Jesse Lasky]]
| writer = [[Clara Beranger]] (adaptation, screenplay)
| writer = [[Clara Beranger]] (adaptation, screenplay)
| based on = {{based on|''Grumpy''|[[Horace Hodges]] and Thomas Wigney Percyval}}
| based_on = {{based on|''Grumpy''|[[Horace Hodges]] and Thomas Wigney Percyval}}
| starring = [[Theodore Roberts]]
| starring = [[Theodore Roberts]]
| music =
| music =
| cinematography = L. Guy Wilky
| cinematography = L. Guy Wilky
| editing =
| editing =
| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released = {{film date|1923|03|11}}
| released = {{Film date|1923|3|11}}
| runtime = 7 [[reel#Motion picture terminology|reels]]
| runtime = 7 [[reel#Motion picture terminology|reels]]
| country = United States
| country = United States
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'''''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 [[Grumpy (1930 film)|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.<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/Grumpy1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''Grumpy''] at silentera.com</ref><ref>''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' by The American Film Institute, c. 1971</ref><ref>[http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=7740 ''Grumpy'' as presented on Broadway at Wallack's Theatre, November 19, 1913 to April 1914, 181 performances; IBDb.com]</ref>
'''''Grumpy''''' is a 1923 American [[silent film|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 [[Grumpy (1930 film)|remade by Paramount as an early sound film]] for ''Cyril Maude'' reprising his Broadway role.<ref>''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' by The American Film Institute, c. 1971</ref><ref>[http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=7740 ''Grumpy'' as presented on Broadway at Wallack's Theatre, November 19, 1913 to April 1914, 181 performances; IBDb.com]</ref>

==Plot==
As described in a film magazine review,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Tried and Proved Pictures: ''Grumpy'' |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume=15 |issue=9 |page=38 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=19 January 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibit00newy/page/n567/mode/1up |accessdate=6 July 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Ernest Heron wants to marry Virginia Bullivant, the daughter of retired lawyer Grumpy. Ernest is entrusted with a valuable diamond to bring to his firm in London. Chamberlin Jarvis, a crook and rival for the hand of the young woman, hears of the trip. After much intrigue, Jarvis obtains the diamond but, through the evidence of a [[gardenia]], he is exposed and caught. Ernest and Virginia end up together.


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Theodore Roberts]] as Grumpy
*[[Theodore Roberts]] as Grumpy
*[[May McAvoy]] as Virginia Bullivant
*[[May McAvoy]] as Virginia Bullivant
*[[Conrad Nagel]] as Ernest Heron
*[[Conrad Nagel]] as Ernest Heron
*[[Casson Ferguson]] as Chamberlin Jarvis
*[[Casson Ferguson]] as Chamberlin Jarvis
*Bertram Johns as Keble
*[[Bertram Johns]] as Keble
*[[Charles Stanton Ogle|Charles Ogle]] as Ruddock
*[[Charles Stanton Ogle|Charles Ogle]] as Ruddock
*[[Robert Bolder]] as Dawson
*[[Robert Bolder]] as Dawson
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*Bernice Frank as Susan
*Bernice Frank as Susan
*Bertram Frank as Jarvis' Valet
*Bertram Frank as Jarvis' Valet
}}

==Preservation==
A complete print of ''Grumpy'' is held by [[Gosfilmofond]] in [[Moscow]].<ref>[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1521/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Grumpy'']</ref><ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/Grumpy1923.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: ''Grumpy'' |access-date=March 21, 2024 |publisher=silentera.com}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 22:35, 21 December 2024

Grumpy
Advertisement
Directed byWilliam C. deMille
Written byClara Beranger (adaptation, screenplay)
Based onGrumpy
by Horace Hodges and Thomas Wigney Percyval
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
StarringTheodore Roberts
CinematographyL. Guy Wilky
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 11, 1923 (1923-03-11)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

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.[1][2]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[3] Ernest Heron wants to marry Virginia Bullivant, the daughter of retired lawyer Grumpy. Ernest is entrusted with a valuable diamond to bring to his firm in London. Chamberlin Jarvis, a crook and rival for the hand of the young woman, hears of the trip. After much intrigue, Jarvis obtains the diamond but, through the evidence of a gardenia, he is exposed and caught. Ernest and Virginia end up together.

Cast

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Preservation

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A complete print of Grumpy is held by Gosfilmofond in Moscow.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
  2. ^ Grumpy as presented on Broadway at Wallack's Theatre, November 19, 1913 to April 1914, 181 performances; IBDb.com
  3. ^ "Tried and Proved Pictures: Grumpy". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (9). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 38. January 19, 1924. Retrieved July 6, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Grumpy
  5. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Grumpy". silentera.com. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
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