Wings of Youth (1925)
Melodrama | 9 May 1925
Director:
Emmett FlynnWriter:
Bernard McConvilleCinematographer:
Ernest G. PalmerProduction Company:
Fox Film Corp.The scenario was based on the 1924 short story, "Sisters of Jezebel" by Harold P. Montayne, serialized in Real Life Stories. An article in the 24 January 1925 Moving Picture News reported the acquisition of screen rights by Fox Film Corp., which provisionally titled the project Tainted Souls. While the 14 February 1925 Exhibitors Herald claimed that the picture was due for release the following month, the 7 March 1925 issue stated that principal photography was currently in progress at Fox Studios in Hollywood, CA. Cast members included Alan Hale (May 1925 Motion Picture) and Charles Farrell in his first leading role (August 1926 Picture-Play). Both referred to the production by its working title. Hale’s participation could not be verified by available sources.
The film was released as Wings of Youth on 9 May 1925, preceded by a 28 April 1925 opening at the Piccadilly Theatre in New York City.
On 27 January 1927, Exhibitors Daily Review reported that the owners of the Photodrome Theatre in Toronto, Canada, billed the Fox release, Broken Souls, as Wings of Youth, with the approval of the provincial Supreme Court. Fox intended to fight the decision, possibly taking it to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. Whether this title was a misprint of Tainted Souls or that of an unrelated production could not be determined. Broken Souls is not listed in Fox’s filmography.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent ...
The scenario was based on the 1924 short story, "Sisters of Jezebel" by Harold P. Montayne, serialized in Real Life Stories. An article in the 24 January 1925 Moving Picture News reported the acquisition of screen rights by Fox Film Corp., which provisionally titled the project Tainted Souls. While the 14 February 1925 Exhibitors Herald claimed that the picture was due for release the following month, the 7 March 1925 issue stated that principal photography was currently in progress at Fox Studios in Hollywood, CA. Cast members included Alan Hale (May 1925 Motion Picture) and Charles Farrell in his first leading role (August 1926 Picture-Play). Both referred to the production by its working title. Hale’s participation could not be verified by available sources.
The film was released as Wings of Youth on 9 May 1925, preceded by a 28 April 1925 opening at the Piccadilly Theatre in New York City.
On 27 January 1927, Exhibitors Daily Review reported that the owners of the Photodrome Theatre in Toronto, Canada, billed the Fox release, Broken Souls, as Wings of Youth, with the approval of the provincial Supreme Court. Fox intended to fight the decision, possibly taking it to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. Whether this title was a misprint of Tainted Souls or that of an unrelated production could not be determined. Broken Souls is not listed in Fox’s filmography.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
The Wings of Youth
Katherine Manners discovers that her three daughters are running wild: Betty and Madelyne are involved with unworthy men, while Gwendolyn, a studious girl with an independent mind, is having an affair with Grantland Dobbs, a married man. Because none of the girls are dependent on her, Katherine takes extreme measures to correct their behavior. She travels to Europe and returns with a husband much younger than herself, then moves into a luxury apartment and gives herself up to reckless pleasures. When Madelyne finally berates her mother for her unbecoming conduct, Katherine reveals that she has been feigning drunkenness and frivolity to show her daughters the errors of their ways. She then introduces her "husband" as the girls' British cousin. Although Gwendolyn is seemingly unimpressed, she and her sisters change their ways and choose suitable partners. ...
Katherine Manners discovers that her three daughters are running wild: Betty and Madelyne are involved with unworthy men, while Gwendolyn, a studious girl with an independent mind, is having an affair with Grantland Dobbs, a married man. Because none of the girls are dependent on her, Katherine takes extreme measures to correct their behavior. She travels to Europe and returns with a husband much younger than herself, then moves into a luxury apartment and gives herself up to reckless pleasures. When Madelyne finally berates her mother for her unbecoming conduct, Katherine reveals that she has been feigning drunkenness and frivolity to show her daughters the errors of their ways. She then introduces her "husband" as the girls' British cousin. Although Gwendolyn is seemingly unimpressed, she and her sisters change their ways and choose suitable partners.
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