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Grumpy (1930 film)

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'Grumpy' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor (in his directorial debut) and Cyril Gardner, and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay by Doris Anderson is based on a play by Horace Hodges and Thomas Wigney Percyval. A Spanish-language version entitled 'Cascarrabias', written by Catalan writer Josep Carner Ribalta (18981988) and directed by Gardner, was released by Paramount the same year. The film is a remake of a 1923 silent film of the same title.

Plot



The titular character is a temperamental but lovable retired London barrister now living in the country with his granddaughter Virginia. Ernest Heron, Virginia's beau, returns from South Africa with a valuable diamond, and that night he is attacked and the gem is stolen. The only clue to the perpetrator's identity is a camellia Ernest is found clutching in his hand.

Suspicion falls upon Chamberlin Jarvis, an acquaintance of Virginia who was a houseguest at the time, and Grumpy follows him when he returns to the city, where he tries to sell the diamond to Berci. Knowing Jarvis is a suspect, Berci turns him away, and the thief, frightened by a confrontation with Grumpy, eventually returns to the country, returns the jewel, and is arrested.

Cast



*Cyril Maude ..... Grumpy Bullivant

*Phillips Holmes ..... Ernest Heron

*Frances Dade ..... Virginia Bullivant

*Paul Lukas ..... Berci

*Paul Cavanagh ..... Chamberlin Jarvis

Production



The film marked George Cukor's debut as a film director. Exteriors were filmed in Kernville, California. Interiors were filmed at Paramount's Astoria Studios in Queens, New York.


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