Daring Youth
{{short description|1924 silent film by William Beaudine}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Daring Youth
| image = Daring Youth (1924) - 2.jpg
| caption = Film still
| director = William Beaudine
| producer = B.F. Zeidman
| writer = Dorothy Farnum (story), Alexander Neal
| based_on = {{basedon|The Taming of the Shrew|William Shakespeare}}
| starring = Bebe Daniels
Norman Kerry
| cinematography = Charles Van Enger
| editing = Edward M. McDermott
| distributor = Principal Distributing Company
| released = {{Film date|1924|2|1}}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Daring Youth is a 1924 American silent comedy-drama film directed by William Beaudine, starring Bebe Daniels, Norman Kerry, and Lee Moran.{{cite book|last=Munden|first=Kenneth White|title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlLbRAPOgP0C&pg=PA170|year=1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-20969-5|page=170}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20150918193900/http://afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3623 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Daring Youth](Wayback) It is loosely based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |last=Morgan |first=Len |title=Box Office Reviews: Daring Youth |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume= |issue= |pages=31 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=17 May 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibi00newy/page/n774/mode/1up |accessdate=15 December 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} Mr. and Mrs. Allen have battled for the twenty-five years of their married life and Mrs. Allen is determined that her daughter Alita shall not lose romance through her marriage. She advocates the theory that wives and husbands should live together only three days each week and should keep their friends. Alita marries John J. Campbell under these conditions, but she soon tires of the system as does John, although neither will admit it. John finally is unable to stand it any longer and asserts himself by beating up his wife's escort. Alita is glad to consent to lead a conventional married life.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Bebe Daniels as Alita Allen
- Norman Kerry as John J. Campbell
- Lee Moran as Arthur James
- Arthur Hoyt as Winston Howell
- Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Allen
- George C. Pearce as Mr. Allen
}}
Status
With no prints of Daring Youth found in any film archives,[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4620/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Daring Youth] it is a lost film.
References
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External links
{{commons category|Daring Youth}}
- {{IMDb title|0014829}}
- [https://www.gettyimages.com.mx/detail/fotograf%C3%ADa-de-noticias/daring-youth-lobbycard-norman-kerry-bebe-fotograf%C3%ADa-de-noticias/1137184996 Still] at gettyimages.com
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Category:1924 comedy-drama films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language comedy-drama films
Category:Films based on The Taming of the Shrew
Category:Films directed by William Beaudine
Category:Films produced by B. F. Zeidman
Category:Lost American comedy-drama films
Category:Silent American comedy-drama films
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