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Director
  
William Desmond Taylor

Running time
  
1 hour

Genres
  
Silent film, Drama film

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Cinematography
  
James Van Trees

Country
  
United States

The Soul of Youth movie poster

Language
  
Silent (English intertitles)

Release date
  
August 15, 1920

Writer
  
Julia Crawford Ivers (screenplay), Julia Crawford Ivers (story)

Cast
  
Lewis Sargent, Clyde Fill, Grace Morse, Ernest Butterworth Jr., Lila Lee

Similar movies
  
Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), My Fair Lady (1964), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Hello - Dolly! (1969), The Music Man (1962)

The Soul of Youth is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by William Desmond Taylor, produced and distributed by Realart Pictures. Produced under the working title The Boy, it stars Lewis Sargent and Lila Lee.

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The film has been preserved in the Library of Congress collection.

Plot

As described in a film magazine, Ed Simpson (Sargent), victim of prenatal influence and an unloved childhood, is introduced into the orphanage where his liveliness has made him the butt of taunting orphans and menacing officials. Love first comes into his life when he acquires a dog, and when it is ousted he follows, taking to the streets with his pal Mike (Butterworth). Through cunning the two boys obtain incriminating evidence that keeps a rascally politician from office. This paves the way for the clear supremacy of his rival, who gives Ed a home and adopts him. The getting of papers by the boys helps adjust a troubled love affair between Vera Hamilton (Lee) and Dick Armstrong (Collier), two friends of the youth, and makes possible their marriage. When Ed after leaving the home steals to satisfy his hunger, he helps himself to canned goods on the shelves of the Hamiltons, who eventually become his foster parents.

Cast

  • Lewis Sargent as Ed Simpson
  • Ernest Butterworth as Mike
  • Clyde Fillmore as Mr. Hamilton
  • Grace Morse as Mrs. Hamilton
  • Lila Lee as Vera Hamilton
  • Elizabeth Janes as Ruth Hamilton
  • William Collier, Jr. as Dick Armstrong
  • Claude Peyton as Pete Moran
  • Betty Schade as Maggie
  • Fred Huntley as Mr. Hodge
  • Sylvia Ashton as Mrs. Hodge
  • Russ Powell as Patrolman Jones
  • Judge Ben Lindsey as Himself
  • Mrs. Ben Lindsey as Herself
  • Jane Keckley as Matron
  • Eunice Moore as Cook
  • Barbara Gurney as Baby's Mother
  • References

    The Soul of Youth Wikipedia
    The Soul of Youth IMDb The Soul of Youth themoviedb.org