An Old-Fashioned Young Man
An Old-Fashioned Young Man | |
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![]() Robert Harron, star of An Old-Fashioned Young Man. | |
Directed by | Lloyd Ingraham |
Written by | Frank E. Woods (Story) |
Starring |
Robert Harron Thomas Jefferson Loyola O'Connor Colleen Moore |
Production company |
Fine Arts Film Co. |
Distributed by | Triangle Distributing Corp. |
Release dates | 1917 |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent film (English intertitles) |
An Old-Fashioned Young Man is a Fine Arts silent film from 1917 starring Robert Harron and featuring Colleen Moore in her second credited film role.
Story
Frank Trent, a young man, goes into politics, but the people he works with are using dirty tricks to defeat Mrs. Burke, the candidate for mayor. They insist her adopted daughter, Margaret, is her own through an illicit affair. The story angers the chivalrous Frank, who is in love with Margaret, and decides to disprove it, travelling to find proof of her legitimate birth. He is dogged by scoundrels along the way. He learns his own father is actually Mrs. Burke's husband, who abandoned her year earlier believing her to be unfaithful. Frank finds the diary of a long dead doctor, which proves that Margaret's mother is not Mrs. Burke. Frank and Margaret are united and Mrs. Burke wins the election.
Cast
- Robert Harron - Frank Trent
- Thomas Jefferson - James Trent, also known as James D. Burke
- Loyola O'Connor - Mrs. James D. Burke
- Colleen Moore - Margaret
- Adele Clifton - Nina Marquise
- Charles Lee - Charles Murdock
- Wilbur Higby - Senator Briggs
- Winifred Westover - Mame Morton
- Alberta Lee - The Housekeeper
- Sam De Grasse - Harold T. King
- Bert Hadley - His agent
- Tom Wilson - Dan Morton
Background
Mildred Harris is credited as having an unnamed part; she went on to marry Charlie Chaplin. Robert Harron had been a D.W. Griffith favorite, but a few years after this film he died of a gunshot wound, possibly self-inflicted. Portions of the film were shot on location, but Colleen stayed in California.
Source
- Jeff Codori (2012), Colleen Moore; A Biography of the Silent Film Star. Print ISBN 978-0-7864-4969-9, EBook ISBN 978-0-7864-8899-5.