An Old-Fashioned Young Man

An Old-Fashioned Young Man

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

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.

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