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| name = Flaming Youth
| name = Flaming Youth
| image = Flaming youth 2.JPG
| image = Flaming youth 2.JPG
| image_size = 225px
| caption = Magazine advertisement for the film
| caption = Magazine advertisement
| director = [[John Francis Dillon (director)|John Francis Dillon]]
| director = [[John Francis Dillon (director)|John Francis Dillon]]
| producer = John McCormick
| producer = John McCormick
| based on = {{based on|''[[Flaming Youth (book)|Flaming Youth]]''|[[Samuel Hopkins Adams]]}}
| based on = {{based on|''[[Flaming Youth (book)|Flaming Youth]]''|[[Samuel Hopkins Adams]]}}
| writer = [[Harry O. Hoyt]] (scenario)
| writer = [[Harry O. Hoyt]] ''(scenario)''
| starring = [[Colleen Moore]]<br>[[Milton Sills]]<br>[[Elliott Dexter]]
| starring = [[Colleen Moore]]<br>[[Milton Sills]]<br>[[Elliott Dexter]]
| music =
| music =
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| editing =
| editing =
| distributor = [[First National Pictures|Associated First National]]
| distributor = [[First National Pictures|Associated First National]]
| released = {{Film date|1923|11|12|United States}}
| released = {{Film date|1923|11|12|''US''}}
| runtime = 90 mins.
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = [[Silent film|Silent]]<br>English intertitles
| language = [[Silent film|Silent]]<br>English intertitles
| budget =
| gross =
}}
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'''''Flaming Youth''''' was a 1923 American [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] starring [[Colleen Moore]] and [[Milton Sills]]. The film was produced and distributed by [[First National Pictures|Associated First National]] and directed by [[John Francis Dillon (director)|John Francis Dillon]]. ''Flaming Youth'' is based on the novel [[Flaming Youth (book)|novel of the same name]] by [[Samuel Hopkins Adams]].
'''''Flaming Youth''''' is a 1923 American [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] starring [[Colleen Moore]] and [[Milton Sills]]. The film was produced and distributed by [[First National Pictures|Associated First National]] and directed by [[John Francis Dillon (director)|John Francis Dillon]]. ''Flaming Youth'' is based on the novel [[Flaming Youth (book)|novel of the same name]] by [[Samuel Hopkins Adams]].


The film is now considered partially [[lost film|lost]]. One reel survives and is housed at the [[Library of Congress]].<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FlamingYouth1923.html ''Flaming Youth'' at silentera.com database]</ref>
The film is now considered partially [[lost film|lost]]. One reel survives and is housed at the [[Library of Congress]].<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FlamingYouth1923.html ''Flaming Youth'' at silentera.com database]</ref>


==Story==
==Plot==
When Mona Frentiss dies, she has her confidante "Doctor Bobs" watch over her family, especially her youngest daughter Patricia. The family has been raised in a most unconventional manner, with Mona having a much younger lover and the father Ralph keeping his own lover on the side. As Patricia grows older, she attracts the attention of her mother's former lover, the much older (than Patricia, who in the book is in her early to mid teens) Carey Scott. Patricia tempts fate with her wild ways, nearly loses her virtue to a musician aboard an ocean-going boat, and is saved in time by Carey. Realizing that he is the man for her, she settles down into an experimental marriage.
When Mona Frentiss dies, she has her confidante "Doctor Bobs" watch over her family, especially her youngest daughter Patricia. The family has been raised in a most unconventional manner, with Mona having a much younger lover and the father Ralph keeping his own lover on the side. As Patricia grows older, she attracts the attention of her mother's former lover, the much older (than Patricia, who in the book is in her early to mid teens) Carey Scott. Patricia tempts fate with her wild ways, nearly loses her virtue to a musician aboard an ocean-going boat, and is saved in time by Carey. Realizing that he is the man for her, she settles down into an experimental marriage.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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[[File:Flaming youth.jpg|280px|left|thumb|Promotional flier]]
*[[Colleen Moore]] - Patricia Frentiss
*[[Colleen Moore]] as Patricia Frentiss {{nb10}}
*[[Milton Sills]] - Cary Scott
*[[Milton Sills]] as Cary Scott
*[[Elliott Dexter]] - Dr. Bobs
*[[Elliott Dexter]] as Dr. Bobs
*[[Sylvia Breamer]] - Dee Fentriss
*[[Sylvia Breamer]] as Dee Fentriss
*[[Myrtle Stedman]] - Mona Fentriss
*[[Myrtle Stedman]] as Mona Fentriss
*[[Betty Francisco]] - Connie Fentriss
*[[Betty Francisco]] as Connie Fentriss
*[[Phillips Smalley]] - Ralph Fentriss
*[[Phillips Smalley]] as Ralph Fentriss
{{col-break}}
*[[Walter McGrail]] - Jamieson James
*[[Ben Lyon]] - Monty Standish
*[[Walter McGrail]] as Jamieson James
*[[Ben Lyon]] as Monty Standish
*George Barraud - Fred Browning
*George Barraud as Fred Browning
*John Patrick - Warren Graves
*John Patrick as Warren Graves
*[[Gino Corrado]] - Leno Stenak(billed as Geno Corrado)
*[[Gertrude Astor]] - Annie
*[[Gino Corrado]] as Leno Stenak
*[[Gertrude Astor]] as Annie
*Michael Dark - Sidney Rathbone
*Michael Dark as Sidney Rathbone
{{col-end}}


==Background==
==Background==
There had been several films prior to ''Flaming Youth'' to use the flapper as its subject—most famously, ''[[The Flapper]]'' with [[Olive Thomas]]. However, ''Flaming Youth'' was the one that best captured the imagination of the American public because it was based on a scandalous book, possibly based on the diaries of a real young woman, and because it featured Colleen Moore, who was already a well-known and respected dramatic actress who had been looking for a break-out role at the time she signed with First National.
There had been several films prior to ''Flaming Youth'' which used the [[flapper]] as subject matter, most famously, ''[[The Flapper]]'' with [[Olive Thomas]]. However, ''Flaming Youth'' was the one that best captured the imagination of the American public, because it was based on a scandalous book, possibly based on the diaries of a real young woman, and because it featured Colleen Moore, who was already a well-known and respected dramatic actress who had been looking for a break-out role at the time she signed with First National.


Marketing of the film played up the racier aspects of the story, and a "[[nude swimming|skinny-dipping]]" sequence shot in silhouette (which still largely survives in the Library of Congress) was used in the films advertising extensively. The book contained adult subjects which were largely glossed over in the film. To counter potential negative backlash, a good deal of humor was injected into the film, so that many audiences thought the film was actually a burlesque of the whole flapper movement when, in fact, it was intended to be a dramatic film.<ref>to Myrtel Gebhart, The Los Angeles Times, May 18th 1924</ref>
The film's marketing played up the racier aspects of the story, and a "[[nude swimming|skinny-dipping]]" sequence shot in silhouette (which still largely survives in the Library of Congress) was used in the films advertising extensively. The ads also boasted "neckers, petters, white kisses, red kisses, pleasure mad daughters, [and] sensation craving mothers."<ref name=savage>Savage, Jon. ''Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture''. New York: Viking, 2007. ISBN 978-0-670-03838-4, p.205</ref> The book contained adult subjects which were largely glossed over in the film. To counter potential negative backlash, a good deal of humor was injected into the film, so that many audiences thought the film was actually a burlesque of the whole flapper movement when, in fact, it was intended to be a dramatic film.<ref>Gebhart, Myrtel. ''[[Los Angeles Times]] (May 18, 1924)</ref>

The reaction to the film was enthusiastic, and it firmly fixed in the public's imagination a new kind female behavior.<ref name=savage /> According to [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]: "I was the spark that lit up ''Flaming Youth'', Coleen Moore was the torch."<ref name=savage />

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[[File:Flaming youth.jpg|280px|right|thumb|Promotional flier]]


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
'''Notes'''
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Revision as of 01:09, 24 February 2013

For other uses, see Flaming Youth.
Flaming Youth
File:Flaming youth 2.JPG
Magazine advertisement
Directed byJohn Francis Dillon
Written byHarry O. Hoyt (scenario)
Produced byJohn McCormick
StarringColleen Moore
Milton Sills
Elliott Dexter
CinematographyJames Van Trees
Distributed byAssociated First National
Release date
  • November 12, 1923 (1923-11-12) (US)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Flaming Youth is a 1923 American silent drama film starring Colleen Moore and Milton Sills. The film was produced and distributed by Associated First National and directed by John Francis Dillon. Flaming Youth is based on the novel novel of the same name by Samuel Hopkins Adams.

The film is now considered partially lost. One reel survives and is housed at the Library of Congress.[1]

Plot

When Mona Frentiss dies, she has her confidante "Doctor Bobs" watch over her family, especially her youngest daughter Patricia. The family has been raised in a most unconventional manner, with Mona having a much younger lover and the father Ralph keeping his own lover on the side. As Patricia grows older, she attracts the attention of her mother's former lover, the much older (than Patricia, who in the book is in her early to mid teens) Carey Scott. Patricia tempts fate with her wild ways, nearly loses her virtue to a musician aboard an ocean-going boat, and is saved in time by Carey. Realizing that he is the man for her, she settles down into an experimental marriage.

Cast

Background

There had been several films prior to Flaming Youth which used the flapper as subject matter, most famously, The Flapper with Olive Thomas. However, Flaming Youth was the one that best captured the imagination of the American public, because it was based on a scandalous book, possibly based on the diaries of a real young woman, and because it featured Colleen Moore, who was already a well-known and respected dramatic actress who had been looking for a break-out role at the time she signed with First National.

The film's marketing played up the racier aspects of the story, and a "skinny-dipping" sequence shot in silhouette (which still largely survives in the Library of Congress) was used in the films advertising extensively. The ads also boasted "neckers, petters, white kisses, red kisses, pleasure mad daughters, [and] sensation craving mothers."[2] The book contained adult subjects which were largely glossed over in the film. To counter potential negative backlash, a good deal of humor was injected into the film, so that many audiences thought the film was actually a burlesque of the whole flapper movement when, in fact, it was intended to be a dramatic film.[3]

The reaction to the film was enthusiastic, and it firmly fixed in the public's imagination a new kind female behavior.[2] According to F. Scott Fitzgerald: "I was the spark that lit up Flaming Youth, Coleen Moore was the torch."[2]

Promotional flier

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Flaming Youth at silentera.com database
  2. ^ a b c Savage, Jon. Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture. New York: Viking, 2007. ISBN 978-0-670-03838-4, p.205
  3. ^ Gebhart, Myrtel. Los Angeles Times (May 18, 1924)
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