The Return of Peter Grimm

The Return of Peter Grimm

NR 1926 · 70 min · ★ 8.0 · Fantasy

"Old Peter Grimm makes his ward Katie promise to marry his nephew Frederik [ sic ] and then dies. Frederik proves to be a scapegrace and Peter's spirit returns to right matters and finally succeeds in doing so by communicating with Jimmie who is in a delirium." ( Moving Picture World, 20 Nov 1926, p164.) Peter thus thwarts selfishness and greed and rewards virtue.

Directed by Victor Schertzinger · Written by David Belasco

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