Grumpy (1930 film)

Grumpy
Directed byGeorge Cukor
Cyril Gardner
Written byDoris Anderson
Based on the play by Horace Hodges and Thomas Wigney
StarringCyril Maude
Frances Dade
Paul Lukas
CinematographyDavid Abel
Music byKarl Hajos
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 1, 1930 (1930-08-01)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Grumpy is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor (in his directorial debut) and Cyril Gardner, and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay by Doris Anderson is based on a play by Horace Hodges and Thomas Wigney Percyval. A Spanish-language version entitled Cascarrabias, written by Catalan writer Josep Carner Ribalta (1898–1988) and directed by Gardner, was released by Paramount the same year. The film is a remake of a 1923 silent film of the same title.