The Grim Game
(1919)
72 mins | Drama | 12 October 1919
Cast:
Houdini, Thomas Jefferson, Ann Forrest [ More ]Director:
Irvin WillatWriters:
Walter Woods, Arthur B. Reeve, John W. GreyProduction Designer:
Harold G. OliverProduction Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.Scripts in Paramount studio records disagree with contemporary reviewers in giving the character names of Mary Wentworth instead of Mary Cameron, David Allison instead of Clifton Allison, and Nick Raver instead of Richard Raver. Publicity for the film centered on an accidental plane crash that was recorded on film and necessitated a change of endings. Jane Wolf is probably the same as the actress Jane Wolfe.
A 28' x 41' one-sheet poster for The Grim Game sold for $63,000 at Heritage Auctions' "Treasures of the Silent Screen" auction, held at its Beverly Hills Auction House on 15 July 2022.
The Grim Game was restored from a surviving print by a team headed by Rick Schmidlin. The restored film premiered at the 2014 Turner Classic Movies Festival.
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Scripts in Paramount studio records disagree with contemporary reviewers in giving the character names of Mary Wentworth instead of Mary Cameron, David Allison instead of Clifton Allison, and Nick Raver instead of Richard Raver. Publicity for the film centered on an accidental plane crash that was recorded on film and necessitated a change of endings. Jane Wolf is probably the same as the actress Jane Wolfe.
A 28' x 41' one-sheet poster for The Grim Game sold for $63,000 at Heritage Auctions' "Treasures of the Silent Screen" auction, held at its Beverly Hills Auction House on 15 July 2022.
The Grim Game was restored from a surviving print by a team headed by Rick Schmidlin. The restored film premiered at the 2014 Turner Classic Movies Festival.
Young newspaper reporter Harvey Hanford is in love with Mary Cameron, the ward of his rich, eccentric Uncle Cameron, who opposes the match. Harvey agrees to a newspaper scheme to plant evidence for a fake murder of his uncle, implicating himself, in order to argue against circumstantial evidence. The uncle is actually killed, however, and Harvey is arrested for the murder. Harvey then has a series of remarkable escapes from handcuffs, chains and a straightjacket, culminating in a mid-air airplane collision. Finally, Harvey is vindicated and reunited with ...
Young newspaper reporter Harvey Hanford is in love with Mary Cameron, the ward of his rich, eccentric Uncle Cameron, who opposes the match. Harvey agrees to a newspaper scheme to plant evidence for a fake murder of his uncle, implicating himself, in order to argue against circumstantial evidence. The uncle is actually killed, however, and Harvey is arrested for the murder. Harvey then has a series of remarkable escapes from handcuffs, chains and a straightjacket, culminating in a mid-air airplane collision. Finally, Harvey is vindicated and reunited with Mary.
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