Grit is a 1924 American silent crime drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Glenn Hunter, Clara Bow, and Roland Young.Munden p. 317.Progressive Silent Film List: Grit at silentera.com It is based upon a screen story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald.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
Plot As described in a film magazine review, after his father, a reformed gunman, was killed by the gang, Kid Hart is born with fear in his heart, and brought up in the gang. Inspired by his love of Orchid McGonigle, another gang member determined to reform, Kid overcomes his fear at the crucial moment, saves the day, and then marries the young woman.
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Preservation With no copies of Grit located in any film archives,Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Grit it is a lost film.
Censorship Grit, with its crime drama plot, was banned by the British Board of Film Censors for an undisclosed reason in 1925.
References
Bibliography Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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