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Grumpy (1923 film)
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Wikipedia article
'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.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/Grumpy1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Grumpy'] at silentera.com'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30' by The American Film Institute, c. 1971[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]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, 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.
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