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{{short description|1925 film}}
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{{Infobox film
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| name = Wings of Youth
| name = Wings of Youth
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| producer =
| producer =
| screenplay = [[Bernard McConville]]
| screenplay = [[Bernard McConville]]
| based on = {{based on|''Sisters of Jezebel''|Harold P. Montayne}}
| based_on = {{based on|''Sisters of Jezebel''|Harold P. Montayne}}
| starring = [[Ethel Clayton]]<br>[[Madge Bellamy]]<br>[[Charles Farrell]]<br>[[Freeman Wood]]<br>Robert Cain<br>[[Katherine Perry]]
| starring = [[Ethel Clayton]]<br>[[Madge Bellamy]]<br>[[Charles Farrell]]<br>[[Freeman Wood]]<br>Robert Cain<br>[[Katherine Perry]]
| music =
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| runtime = 60 minutes
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = English
| language = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitles]])
| budget =
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| gross =
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'''''Wings of Youth''''' is a 1925 American [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Emmett J. Flynn]] and written by [[Bernard McConville]]. The film stars [[Ethel Clayton]], [[Madge Bellamy]], [[Charles Farrell]], [[Freeman Wood]], Robert Cain and [[Katherine Perry]]. The film was released on May 21, 1925, by [[Fox Film|Fox Film Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/504061/Wings-of-Youth/ |title=Wings of Youth (1925) - Overview |publisher=TCM.com |date= |accessdate=2018-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Janiss Garza |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/wings-of-youth-v117202 |title=Wings of Youth (1925) - Emmett J. Flynn |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2018-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/13365-WINGS-OF-YOUTH |title=Wings of Youth |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=2018-11-23}}</ref>
'''''Wings of Youth''''' is a 1925 American [[silent film|silent]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Emmett J. Flynn]] and written by [[Bernard McConville]]. The film stars [[Ethel Clayton]], [[Madge Bellamy]], [[Charles Farrell]], [[Freeman Wood]], Robert Cain, and [[Katherine Perry]]. The film was released on May 21, 1925, by [[Fox Film|Fox Film Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/504061/Wings-of-Youth/ |title=Wings of Youth (1925) - Overview |publisher=TCM.com |date= |accessdate=November 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Janiss Garza |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/wings-of-youth-v117202 |title=Wings of Youth (1925) - Emmett J. Flynn |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=November 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/13365-WINGS-OF-YOUTH |title=Wings of Youth |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=November 23, 2018}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
As described in a film magazine review,<ref>{{Citation |title=New Pictures: ''Wings of Youth'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=21 |issue=9 |pages=130 |date=23 May 1925 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald21unse/page/n1289/mode/1up |access-date=7 March 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Mrs. Katherine Manners loves her three grown daughters who are in boarding school. When she plans a party for them at home, they phone from the school that they cannot come because they are too busy. But she hears the sounds of a party in the background, so she goes to the school where she finds her daughters with young men. She is told that two of the daughters plan to be married, while the third plans to marry Grantland Dobbs as soon as he gets a divorce, and the mother is frightened by this announcement. She goes abroad and returns with a man, gets an apartment at a wealthy center, and lives with him. Her daughters are shocked when the mother entertains guests at drinking parties. When Mrs. Manners proves to her daughters that their fiancées are not respectable, she reveals to them that she was acting a part just to prove to them that she was right about their chosen mates. She reveals that the man she was living with was her cousin.
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==Cast==
==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Ethel Clayton]] as Katherine Manners
*[[Ethel Clayton]] as Katherine Manners
*[[Madge Bellamy]] as Madelyne Manners / Angela Du Bois
*[[Madge Bellamy]] as Madelyne Manners / Angela Du Bois
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*Robert Cain as Pierre Du Bois / Marcus Jones
*Robert Cain as Pierre Du Bois / Marcus Jones
*[[Katherine Perry]] as Gwen Manners
*[[Katherine Perry]] as Gwen Manners
*Marion Harlan as Betty Manners
*[[Marion Harlan]] as Betty Manners
*George Stewart as Jimmie Dale
*George Stewart as Jimmie Dale
*[[Douglas Gerrard]] as Grantland Dobbs
*[[Douglas Gerrard]] as Grantland Dobbs
}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0016542|Wings of Youth}}
*{{IMDb title|0016542|Wings of Youth}}
*{{allmovie|117202|Synopsis}}

{{Emmett J. Flynn}}


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Latest revision as of 16:43, 25 September 2024

Wings of Youth
Directed byEmmett J. Flynn
Screenplay byBernard McConville
Based onSisters of Jezebel
by Harold P. Montayne
StarringEthel Clayton
Madge Bellamy
Charles Farrell
Freeman Wood
Robert Cain
Katherine Perry
CinematographyErnest Palmer
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • May 21, 1925 (1925-05-21)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Wings of Youth is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and written by Bernard McConville. The film stars Ethel Clayton, Madge Bellamy, Charles Farrell, Freeman Wood, Robert Cain, and Katherine Perry. The film was released on May 21, 1925, by Fox Film Corporation.[1][2][3]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[4] Mrs. Katherine Manners loves her three grown daughters who are in boarding school. When she plans a party for them at home, they phone from the school that they cannot come because they are too busy. But she hears the sounds of a party in the background, so she goes to the school where she finds her daughters with young men. She is told that two of the daughters plan to be married, while the third plans to marry Grantland Dobbs as soon as he gets a divorce, and the mother is frightened by this announcement. She goes abroad and returns with a man, gets an apartment at a wealthy center, and lives with him. Her daughters are shocked when the mother entertains guests at drinking parties. When Mrs. Manners proves to her daughters that their fiancées are not respectable, she reveals to them that she was acting a part just to prove to them that she was right about their chosen mates. She reveals that the man she was living with was her cousin.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Wings of Youth (1925) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  2. ^ Janiss Garza. "Wings of Youth (1925) - Emmett J. Flynn". AllMovie. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  3. ^ "Wings of Youth". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  4. ^ "New Pictures: Wings of Youth", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (9): 130, May 23, 1925, retrieved March 7, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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  • Wings of Youth at IMDb
  • ‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Synopsis at AllMovie


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