| The Return of Peter Grimm | |
| Director: | Victor Schertzinger William Tummel (assistant director) |
| Producer: | William Fox |
| Cinematography: | Glen MacWilliams |
| Distributor: | Fox Film Corporation |
| Runtime: | 70 minutes; 7 or 8 reels |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Return of Peter Grimm is a 1926 American silent fantasy film directed by Victor Schertzinger based on the 1911 play of the same name by David Belasco. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation.[1] [2]
A previous short film of this play appeared in 1913. A sound feature was made in 1935, also titled The Return of Peter Grimm.
The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing a marriage that he knows will go wrong.
A print of The Return of Peter Grimm survives at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York.[3]
