The Age of Desire
{{short description|1923 film by Frank Borzage}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Age of Desire
| image = Age of Desire lobby card.jpg
| caption = Lobby card
| director = Frank Borzage
| producer = Arthur H. Jacobs
| writer = Mary O'Hara
Dixie Willson
Lenore J. Coffee (titles)
| starring = Josef Swickard
William Collier Jr.
Mary Philbin
Myrtle Stedman
| music =
| cinematography = Chester A. Lyons
| editing =
| distributor = Associated First National
| released = {{Film date|1923|09|}}
| runtime = 6 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
The Age of Desire is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Josef Swickard, William Collier Jr., and Mary Philbin. It was distributed through Associated First National Pictures.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/AgeOfDesire1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Age of Desire] at silentera.com[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2525 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Age of Desire]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |title=Box Office Reviews: The Age of Desire |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume=15 |issue=11 |pages=26 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=2 February 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibit00newy/page/n701/mode/1up |accessdate=9 August 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} Janet Loring deserts her young son Ranny when she marries the millionaire Malcolm Trask. Ranny becomes the tool of a criminal, but saves all of the money he gets so he can buy a home for the young woman that he loves. His mother misses him, and attempts to locate him by advertising for him. As a scheme, the crook sends Ranny in response to the advertisement, not knowing that he is really her son. Ranny takes money from his mother, but then becomes conscience stricken, and admits to her that he is an imposter. However, she convinces him that he belongs to her. Ranny promises to go straight, and Trask is happy to have a son. Ranny marries his sweetheart.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Josef Swickard as Marcio
- William Collier Jr. as Ranny (age 21)
- Frederick Truesdell as Malcolm Trask (credited as Frank Truesdell)
- Bruce Guerin as Ranny (age 3)
- Frankie Lee as Ranny (age 13)
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Dan Reagan
- Mary Jane Irving as Margy (age 10)
- Myrtle Stedman as Janet Loring
- Aggie Herring as Ann Reagan
- Mary Philbin as Margy (age 18)
- Edith Yorke as Gran'ma
}}
Preservation
With no prints of The Age of Desire located in any film archives,[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3342/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Age of Desire] it is a lost film.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0013818|title=The Age of Desire}}
- [http://www.theartofmovieposters.com/pages/gallery/LongDB/1923_THEAGEOFDESIRE.JPG Daybill long poster]
- [https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1923-mary-philbin-age-desire-lost-138764601 lantern slide](archived)
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Category:American silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Frank Borzage
Category:Lost American drama films
Category:First National Pictures films
Category:Silent American drama films
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