The Return of Peter Grimm (1926 film)

1926 film

The Return of Peter Grimm is a 1926 American silent fantasy film directed by Victor Schertzinger based on the 1911 play of the same name by David Belasco. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation.^[1][2]

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)

Preservation

A print of The Return of Peter Grimm survives at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York.^[3]

References

1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Return of Peter Grimm at silentera.com
2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Return of Peter Grimm
3. The Library of Congress American / FIAF Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Return of Peter Grimm

External links

• The Return of Peter Grimm at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Jacket cover featuring a scene from the film from a novelization of the story
• Stills of Alec B. Francis and John Roche and Richard Walling at gettyimages.com