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Wildness of Youth
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Wikipedia article
'Wildness of Youth' is a 1922 silent film directed by Ivan Abramson, starring Virginia Pearson, Harry T. Morey and Mary Anderson.
Plot
Spoiled son Andrew Kane (Joseph Striker) competes with James Surbrun (Harry T. Morey) for the affections of wild child Julie Grayton (Mary Anderson). Kane is convicted of murdering Surbrun, but later exonerated.[https://books.google.com/books?id=rlLbRAPOgP0C&pg=PA906&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films 1921-1930], p. 906 (1971)
Cast
*Virginia Pearson as Louise Wesley
*Harry T. Morey as James Surbrun
*Mary Anderson as Julie Grayton
*Joseph Striker as Andrew Kane
*Thurston Hall as Edward Grayton
*Julia Swayne Gordon as Mrs. Martha Kane
*Bobby Connelly as Teddy Wesley
*Harry Southard as Dr. Carlyle Preston
*Madeline La Varre as Seora Gonzalez
*George J. Williams as Roger Moore
Reception
Writer Carl Sandburg, who was a regular film critic in the 1920s, reviewed the film critically, writing that "the silly, the trashy, the obvious, the slipshod, the shoddy, it is here. ... It is the type of picture that leads to the comment, 'Movies are made for morons.'"[https://books.google.com/books?id=ut-dpDr45_IC&pg=PA145#v=onepage&q&f=false The movies are: Carl Sandburg's film reviews and essays, 1920-1928], p. 145-46 (2000) Other more non-specific reviews were positive (as was typical of the era) calling it a "wonderful production."(December 24, 1922). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P3VYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=40ANAAAAIBAJ&pg=5209,1493585&dq= Virginia Parson at Lyric Theatre], 'Sunday Chronicle' (Paterson, New Jersey)(May 4, 1923). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W11iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VXYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4051,4025096&dq=wildness-of-youth&hl=en Royal Theatre], 'Providence County Times' Industry-paper 'Film Daily' found that the picture was better than some of Abramson's prior releases, and though "not high class entertainment", predicted it would probably do fairly well at the box office.(August 27, 1922). [https://archive.org/stream/filmdaily2122newy#page/n480/mode/1up A Better Picture Than Abramson Has Made in Some Time], 'Film Daily', p. 7.
Status
It is not known whether the film currently survives.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WildnessOfYouth1922.html Silentera.com entry for Wildness of Youth], Retrieved October 14, 2011 ("Survival Status: (unknown)")
References
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