Grumpy
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William De Mille
Director
Theodore Roberts
"Grumpy" [Andrew Bullivant]
May Mcavoy
Virginia Bullivant
Conrad Nagel
Ernest Heron
Casson Ferguson
Chamberlin Jarvis
Bertram Johns
Keble
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Apr
8,
1923
Premiere Information
Los Angeles premiere: ca 11 Mar 1923
Production Company
Famous Players--Lasky
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Grumpy; a Play in Four Acts by Horace Hodges, Thomas Wigney Percyval (New York, 24 Nov 1913).
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Synopsis
Andrew Bullivant, a retired lawyer known as "Grumpy" for his irascibility, calls on all his experience and powers of deduction to expose Chamberlin Jarvis as the thief of a valuable diamond being transported by Ernest Heron. A gardenia is the clue; and Virginia Bullivant, Ernest's sweetheart, is Jarvis' unwitting dupe.
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Director
William De Mille
Director
Cast
Theodore Roberts
"Grumpy" [Andrew Bullivant]
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May Mcavoy
Virginia Bullivant
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Conrad Nagel
Ernest Heron
Casson Ferguson
Chamberlin Jarvis
Bertram Johns
Keble
Charles Ogle
Ruddock
Robert Bolder
Dawson
Charles French
Wolfe
Bernice Frank
Susan
Bertram Frank
Jarvis' valet
Crew
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Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Apr
8,
1923
Premiere Information
Los Angeles premiere: ca 11 Mar 1923
Production Company
Famous Players--Lasky
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Grumpy; a Play in Four Acts by Horace Hodges, Thomas Wigney Percyval (New York, 24 Nov 1913).
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Remade in 1930 as Grumpy (English language) and Cascarrabias (Spanish language).
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