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Grit (film)

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Grit
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Directed byFrank Tuttle
Written byJames Ashmore Creelman
Story byF. Scott Fitzgerald
Produced byFred Waller
StarringGlenn Hunter
Clara Bow
Roland Young
CinematographyFred Waller
Production
company
Film Guild Productions
Distributed byHodkinson Distribution
Release date
  • January 7, 1924 (1924-01-07)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (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

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

  1. ^ Munden p. 317.
  2. ^ a b c d Progressive Silent Film List: Grit at silentera.com
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Grit
  5. ^ 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.