The Grim Comedian

The Grim Comedian

60 mins | Drama | Nov. 13, 1921

Actress Marie Lamont (Phoebe Hunt) has been living well due to a string of lovers and has kept her daughter, Dorothy (Gloria Hope) sequestered in a convent far, far away from her fast lifestyle. But when Dorothy leaves the convent to come live with her mother, Marie decides to reform. She gives up her fancy apartment and her latest lover, Harvey Martin (Jack Holt), to concentrate on her daughter and her career, in that order. But Martin has fallen for Dorothy, and Dorothy cares for him too, even though she is already promised to a young artist, Geoffrey Hutchins (John Harron).

The Grim Comedian

60 mins | Drama | Nov. 13, 1921

The Grim Comedian
Actress Marie Lamont (Phoebe Hunt) has been living well due to a string of lovers and has kept her daughter, Dorothy (Gloria Hope) sequestered in a convent far, far away from her fast lifestyle. But when Dorothy leaves the convent to come live with her mother, Marie decides to reform. She gives up her fancy apartment and her latest lover, Harvey Martin (Jack Holt), to concentrate on her daughter and her career, in that order. But Martin has fallen for Dorothy, and Dorothy cares for him too, even though she is already promised to a young artist, Geoffrey Hutchins (John Harron).
Producers Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
Original title The Grim Comedian
Directors Frank Lloyd
Writers Rita Weiman, Bess Meredyth

Cast

Phoebe Hunt

as Marie Lamonte

Jack Holt

as Harvey Martin

Gloria Hope

as Dorothy

Bert Woodruff

as Old Dad

Laura La Varnie

as Gracie Moore

May Hopkins

as Billie Page

John Harron

as Geoffrey Hutchins

Joseph J. Dowling

as Carleton Hutchins