Young Desire (film)

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Young Desire
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Mary Nolan and Mae Busch
Directed by Lewis D. Collins
Screenplay by Winifred Reeve
C. Gardner Sullivan
Matt Taylor
Produced by Carl Laemmle
Starring Mary Nolan
William Janney
Ralf Harolde
Mae Busch
George Irving
Claire McDowell
Cinematography Roy Overbaugh
Edited by Charles Craft
Music bySam Perry
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • June 8, 1930 (1930-06-08)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Young Desire is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Winnifred Reeve, C. Gardner Sullivan and Matt Taylor. The film stars Mary Nolan, William Janney, Ralf Harolde, Mae Busch, George Irving and Claire McDowell. The film was released on June 8, 1930, by Universal Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

Determined to change her own life, dancer Helen runs away from the carnival show where she worked. In the meantime she falls in love with a rich boy, Bobby, but his parents are against their relationship.

Plot with Spoiler

Helen Herbert works as a dancer for a carnival show. She is determined to change her life and find a more dignified one, she flees from her despotic boss Blackie. While trying to steal some oranges due to hunger, she meets Bobby Spencer. The young man seems to immediately take a liking to her and offers her to follow him to Spencerville, the city where he lives. He offers her housing until she can pay her own rent, but in the meantime they fall in love and Bobby asks to marry her. She willingly accepts, but his parents are categorically against it due to the girl's scandalous past. Bobby's mother goes to Helen's house personally, to ask her not to meet him again. Recognizing the difficulties it would cause him, she accepts and goes back to being a dancer at the carnival show. Bobby, however, is determined to marry her, so he follows her, but she decides to hide so as not to be found. Although Bobby's father now agrees to the marriage, Helen believes he could only hurt him because of her work as a dancer. So she decides to commit suicide jumping from the hot air balloon at the carnival show. Bobby leaves in tears with his father, deciding to get back on with his life.

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References

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