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The Return of Peter Grimm (1926 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Return of Peter Grimm' is a 1926 American silent fantasy film directed by Victor Schertzinger based on the 1911 play by David Belasco. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/R/ReturnOfPeterGrimm1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Return of Peter Grimm'] at silentera.com[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=11646 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'The Return of Peter Grimm']
A print survives at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2885/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'The Return of Peter Grimm']
A previous short film of this play appeared in 1913. A sound feature was made in 1935, also titled 'The Return of Peter Grimm'.
Plot
The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing a marriage that he knows will go wrong.
Cast
*Alec B. Francis as Peter Grimm
*John Roche as Frederick Grimm
*Janet Gaynor as Catherine
*Richard Walling as James Hartman
*Lionel Belmore as Reverend Bartholomey
*Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Bartholomey
*John St. Polis as Andrew MacPherson (uncredited) (St. Polis played Frederick in the 1911 Broadway play)
*Bodil Rosing as Marta (uncredited)
*Mickey McBan as William (uncredited)
*Florence Gilbert as Annamarie (uncredited)
*Sammy Cohen as The Clown (uncredited)
References
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