Youth Will Be Served

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Youth Will Be Served
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Directed by Otto Brower
Screenplay by Wanda Tuchock
Story byRuth Fasken
Hilda Vincent
Produced by Lucien Hubbard
Starring Jane Withers
Jane Darwell
Robert Conway
Elyse Knox
Joe Brown Jr.
John Qualen
Charles Holland
Cinematography Edward Cronjager
Edited by Nick DeMaggio
Music by Emil Newman
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date
  • November 22, 1940 (1940-11-22)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Youth Will Be Served is a 1940 American musical film directed by Otto Brower and starring Jane Withers and Jane Darwell. [1]

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Plot

A southern girl (Withers) goes to a National Youth Association camp after her father goes to jail for bootlegging. When a mean tycoon tries to buy the campground for himself, she stages a show that endears her to him. When her father escapes and catches the crooks who took the tycoon's money, all is saved.

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References

  1. Langman, Larry; Ebner, David (2001). Hollywood's Image of the South: A Century of Southern Films. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 208. ISBN   978-0-313-31886-3.