Fascinating Youth (1926)
Drama | 23 August 1926
Director:
Sam WoodWriters:
Paul Schofield, Byron MorganCinematographer:
Leo ToverProduction Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.The film’s cast featured the 1926 graduating class of the first Paramount School for Stars, known as the Junior Stars of 1926. Principal photography began on 9 November 1926 at Famous Players-Lasky Corp.’s studio in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in New York City. Exteriors were shot at Lake Placid, NY, according to the 23 January 1926 Exhibitors Herald.
The film was initially untitled; an item in the 21 November 1925 Motion Picture News announced a contest for title ideas, with a prize of $25 to be awarded to the winning entry. Shortly after, the 5 December 1925 Motion Picture News referred to the picture by its new, tentative title, Glorious Youth, and noted that the sixteen Junior Stars were poised to receive five-year contracts worth $76,050 if their work on this film was deemed satisfactory. Prior to the pictures’s general release on 23 August 1926, a review in the 14 March 1926 Film Daily identified Charles “Buddy” Rogers and Ivy Harris as the standouts of the young cast.
According to the 26 December 1925 Motion Picture News, actress Julia Hurley appeared in the film. The 77-year-old Hurley was said to be “the oldest living actress.”
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this picture on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021. ...
The film’s cast featured the 1926 graduating class of the first Paramount School for Stars, known as the Junior Stars of 1926. Principal photography began on 9 November 1926 at Famous Players-Lasky Corp.’s studio in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in New York City. Exteriors were shot at Lake Placid, NY, according to the 23 January 1926 Exhibitors Herald.
The film was initially untitled; an item in the 21 November 1925 Motion Picture News announced a contest for title ideas, with a prize of $25 to be awarded to the winning entry. Shortly after, the 5 December 1925 Motion Picture News referred to the picture by its new, tentative title, Glorious Youth, and noted that the sixteen Junior Stars were poised to receive five-year contracts worth $76,050 if their work on this film was deemed satisfactory. Prior to the pictures’s general release on 23 August 1926, a review in the 14 March 1926 Film Daily identified Charles “Buddy” Rogers and Ivy Harris as the standouts of the young cast.
According to the 26 December 1925 Motion Picture News, actress Julia Hurley appeared in the film. The 77-year-old Hurley was said to be “the oldest living actress.”
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this picture on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
Teddy Ward, son of a wealthy hotel owner, falls in love with Jeanne King, a Greenwich Village sketch artist, though his father favors a match with Loris Lane, a society girl. On the condition that he is successful in reviving business at his father's mountain resort, he may, however, marry the girl of his choice. With the aid of his friends, Teddy launches an advertising stunt involving an iceboat contest, but the plan is opposed by his father; then, in desperation, he invites a group of movie stars to the hotel. When the stars plead previous engagements, his friends try to help by disguising themselves as stars, but Jeanne, who has been sketching at a studio, arrives with half a dozen famous actors. Although Teddy's father has refused to pay the prize money, the iceboat race takes place; and Teddy is forced to race against Slade, a champion, and win his own race to save face. Mr. Ward forgives him and announces his approval of ...
Teddy Ward, son of a wealthy hotel owner, falls in love with Jeanne King, a Greenwich Village sketch artist, though his father favors a match with Loris Lane, a society girl. On the condition that he is successful in reviving business at his father's mountain resort, he may, however, marry the girl of his choice. With the aid of his friends, Teddy launches an advertising stunt involving an iceboat contest, but the plan is opposed by his father; then, in desperation, he invites a group of movie stars to the hotel. When the stars plead previous engagements, his friends try to help by disguising themselves as stars, but Jeanne, who has been sketching at a studio, arrives with half a dozen famous actors. Although Teddy's father has refused to pay the prize money, the iceboat race takes place; and Teddy is forced to race against Slade, a champion, and win his own race to save face. Mr. Ward forgives him and announces his approval of Jeanne.
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