Thrilling Youth

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Thrilling Youth
Directed by Grover Jones
Written byGrover Jones
Starring Billy West
Gloria Grey
Charles Clary
CinematographyGeorge Crocker
Production
company
Billy West Productions
Distributed by Rayart Pictures
Release date
  • August 3, 1926 (1926-08-03)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Thrilling Youth is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Grover Jones and starring Billy West, Gloria Grey, and Charles Clary. [1] [2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [3] when Billy Davis leaves college and arrives home after a wild going-away party, he finds that his dad is in financial trouble. Billy goes to work to make their bakery business a success. He is in love with Mary Bryson, whose father is a big competitor in the bread business. Bryson's secretary bribes the Davis foreman to put cement in the bread. Billy, warned by Mary after she discovers a cement truck, informs his customers of the dirty trick by an airplane sky-written message. Bryson denounces his secretary for this underhand plotting and the latter is severely beaten by Billy, whose romance with Mary is happily concluded.

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References

  1. Munden p. 1179
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: Thrilling Youth at silentera.com
  3. Pardy, George T. (April 10, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Thrilling Youth", Motion Picture News, 33 (15), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 1620, retrieved April 18, 2023PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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