Eyes of Youth
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Directed by | Albert Parker |
Produced by | Harry Garson |
Written by | Albert Parker (scenario) |
Screenplay by | Charles E. Whitaker (adaptation) |
Based on |
Eyes of Youth by Max Marcin and Charles Guernon |
Starring |
Clara Kimball Young Gareth Hughes |
Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
Production company |
Garson Productions |
Distributed by | Equity Pictures Corporation |
Release dates |
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Running time | 78 mins. |
Country | United States |
Language |
Silent film English intertitles |
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Eyes of Youth
Eyes of Youth is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Clara Kimball Young. The film was based on a stage play Eyes of Youth performed on Broadway in 1917-18 and starred Marjorie Rambeau. This film also features Rudolph Valentino in a role as a thief/con artist.[1][2]
This film is often credited as the vehicle that led Valentino to be cast in The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse (1921).[3][4]
Cast
- Clara Kimball Young - Gina Ashling
- Gareth Hughes - Kenneth Ashling
- Pauline Starke - Rita Ashling
- Sam Southern - Mr. Ashling
- Edmund Lowe - Peter Judson
- Ralph Lewis - Robert Goring
- Milton Sills - Louis Anthony
- Vincent Serrano - The Yogi
- William Courtleigh - Paolo Salvo
- Norman Selby - Dick Brownell (billed as "Kid McCoy")
- Rudolph Valentino - Clarence Morgan (billed as "Rudolfo Valentino")
- Claire Windsor - Guest at party (uncredited)
Remake
The story was remade as The Love of Sunya (1927) starring Gloria Swanson and with Albert Parker once again directing.
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Home media
On April 12, 2012, Eyes of Youth was released on Region 1 DVD by Alpha Home Entertainment
References
- ↑ Eyes of Youth at SilentEra
- ↑ Eyes of Youth, play, performed on Broadway 1917-1918 at the Internet Broadway database
- ↑ Rambova, Natacha (2009) [1921]. Rudolph Valentino: A Wife's Memories of an Icon. Hollywood, California: PVG Publishing. pp. 243–44. ISBN 978-0-9816440-4-2.
- ↑ Burr, Ty (2013). Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame. New York: Random House. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-307-39084-4.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eyes of Youth. |
- Eyes of Youth at the Internet Movie Database
- Eyes of Youth at SilentEra
- Eyes of Youth page via Clara Kimball Young entry at Unsung Divas website
- Eyes of Youth (1919) on YouTube
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