Desperate Youth

Desperate Youth
Directed by	Harry B. Harris
Written by	Andrew Percival Younger George C. Hull
Based on	A Kentucky Cinderella by F. Hopkinson Smith
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Gladys Walton J. Farrell MacDonald Louis Willoughby
Cinematography	Earl M. Ellis
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	April 25, 1921 (1921-04-25)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Desperate Youth is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Harry B. Harris and starring Gladys Walton, J. Farrell MacDonald and Louis Willoughby. ^[1]

Cast

• Gladys Walton as Rosemary Merridew
• J. Farrell MacDonald as 'Mendocino' Bill
• Louis Willoughby as 'Alabam' Spencer Merridew / Henry Merridew
• Muriel Godfrey Turner as Mrs. Merridew
• Hazel Howell as Pauline Merridew
• Harold Miller as Dr. Tom Dowling
• Lucretia Harris as Aunt Chlordiny
• Jim Blackwell as Sam

References

1. Munden p.182

Bibliography

• Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• Desperate Youth at IMDb