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The Grim Comedian

Nov 13, 1921

1h 0m

★ 0.0

Overview

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).

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Marie Lamonte

Phoebe Hunt

Harvey Martin

Jack Holt

Dorothy

Gloria Hope

Old Dad

Bert Woodruff

Gracie Moore

Laura La Varnie

Billie Page

May Hopkins

Geoffrey Hutchins

John Harron

Carleton Hutchins

Joseph J. Dowling

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