Fascinating Youth
{{short description|1926 film by Sam Wood}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Fascinating Youth
| image = File:Fascinating Youth poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Sam Wood
| producer = Adolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
| writer = Paul Schofield (scenario)
| story = Byron Morgan
| starring = Charles "Buddy" Rogers
Thelma Todd
| music =
| cinematography = Leo Tover
| editing =
| distributor = Paramount Pictures (as Famous Players–Lasky Corporation)
| released = {{Film date|1926|03|17|Premiere|1926|08|23|U.S.}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Fascinating Youth is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Sam Wood. It starred Charles "Buddy" Rogers (in his feature debut), along with Thelma Todd and Josephine Dunn in supporting roles. Many well-known personalities made guest appearances in the film, judging a beauty contest in one scene, and Clara Bow makes a cameo appearance in her second film for Paramount Pictures.{{cite book|last=Stenn|first=David|authorlink=David Stenn|title=Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild|year=2000|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=0-815-41025-5|page=288}}[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FascinatingYouth1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: Fascinating Youth] at silentera.com
Cast
- Charles "Buddy" Rogers as Teddy Ward
- Ivy Harris as Jeanne King
- Jack Luden as Ross Page
- Walter Goss as Randy Furness
- Claude Buchanan as Bobby Stearns
- Mona Palma as Dotty Sinclair
- Thelma Todd as Lorraine Lane
- Josephine Dunn as Loris Lane
- Thelda Kenvin as Betty Kent
- Jeanne Morgan as Mae Oliver
- Dorothy Nourse as Mary Arnold
- Irving Hartley as Johnnie
- Gregory Blackton as Frederick Maine
- Robert Andrews as Duke Slade
- Charles Brokaw as Gregory
- Iris Gray as Sally Lee
- Ralph Lewis as John Ward
- Joseph Burke as Ward's Secretary
- James Bradbury, Sr. as The Professor
- Harry Sweet as The Sheriff
- William Black as Deputy Sheriff
- Richard Dix as himself
- Adolphe Menjou as himself
- Clara Bow as herself
- Lois Wilson as herself
- Percy Marmont as himself
- Chester Conklin as himself
- Thomas Meighan as himself
- Lila Lee as herself
- Lewis Milestone as himself
- Malcolm St. Clair as himself
Preservation
With no prints of Fascinating Youth located in any film archives, it is a lost film, with only the trailer surviving.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5139/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Fascinating Youth][http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneparamountpictures.html Fascinating Youth at Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures - 1926] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822130955/http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneparamountpictures.html |date=August 22, 2015 }}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Fascinating Youth}}
- {{IMDb title|0016844}}
{{Sam Wood}}
Category:1926 romantic comedy films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language romantic comedy films
Category:Famous Players-Lasky films
Category:Films directed by Sam Wood
Category:Lost American romantic comedy films
Category:Paramount Pictures films
Category:Silent American romantic comedy films
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