Grit (film)
| Grit | |
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| Directed by | Frank Tuttle |
| Written by | James Ashmore Creelman |
| Story by | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| Produced by | Fred Waller |
| Starring | Glenn Hunter Clara Bow Roland Young |
| Cinematography | Fred Waller |
Production company | Film Guild Productions |
| Distributed by | Hodkinson Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Grit is a 1924 American silent crime drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Glenn Hunter, Clara Bow, and Roland Young.[1][2] It is based upon a screen story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald.[2][3]
Cast[]
- Glenn Hunter as Kid Hart
- Dore Davidson as Pop Finkle
- Clara Bow as Orchid McGonigle
- Osgood Perkins as Boris Giovanni Smith
- Roland Young as Houdini Hart
- Townsend Martin as Flashy Joe
- Helenka Adamowska as Annie Hart
- Martin Borden as Bennie Finkle
- Joseph Depew as Tony O'Cohen
Preservation[]
With no copies of Grit located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[2]
Censorship[]
Grit, with its crime drama plot, was banned by the British Board of Film Censors for an undisclosed reason in 1925.[2][5]
References[]
- ^ Munden p. 317.
- ^ a b c d Progressive Silent Film List: Grit at silentera.com
- ^ F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Ledger, 1919–1938, p. 103. Matthew J. & Arlyn Bruccoli Collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library, University of South Carolina
- ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Grit
- ^ British Board of Film Classification database entry for Grit
Bibliography[]
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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- 1924 films
- 1924 crime drama films
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- American crime drama films
- Films directed by Frank Tuttle
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- Lost drama films
- 1924 lost films
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