GRUMPY.

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, 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's houseguest at the time.

Credits

Directed by
George Cukor, Cyril Gardner
Cast
Paul Lukas, Phillips Holmes, Colin Kenny, Robert Bolder, Cyril Maude, Frances Dade, Olaf Hytten, Paul Cavanagh, Halliwell Hobbes
Cinematography
David Abel
Music
Karl Hajos
Complete catalog record
GRUMPY. 1930. 6,651 ft., sd. Adapted from the play by Horace Hodges and Thomas Wigney Percyval. Credits: Directors, George Cukor, Cyril Gardner; screenplay and added dialogue, Doris Anderson. Paramount Publix Corp.; 22Aug30; LP1511.

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