Wings of Youth (1925 film)
{{short description|1925 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Wings of Youth
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| director = Emmett J. Flynn
| producer =
| screenplay = Bernard McConville
| based_on = {{based on|Sisters of Jezebel|Harold P. Montayne}}
| starring = Ethel Clayton
Madge Bellamy
Charles Farrell
Freeman Wood
Robert Cain
Katherine Perry
| music =
| cinematography = Ernest Palmer
| editing =
| studio = Fox Film Corporation
| distributor = Fox Film Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1925|5|21}}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/504061/wings-of-youth |title=Wings of Youth (1925) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=November 23, 2018}}{{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}}{{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}}
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{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}} 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==
{{Cast listing|
- Ethel Clayton as Katherine Manners
- Madge Bellamy as Madelyne Manners / Angela Du Bois
- Charles Farrell as Ted Spaulding
- Freeman Wood as Lucien Angoola
- Robert Cain as Pierre Du Bois / Marcus Jones
- Katherine Perry as Gwen Manners
- Marion Harlan as Betty Manners
- George Stewart as Jimmie Dale
- Douglas Gerrard as Grantland Dobbs
}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0016542|Wings of Youth}}
{{Emmett J. Flynn}}
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:Films directed by Emmett J. Flynn
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films with screenplays by Bernard McConville
Category:English-language drama films
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