Restless Youth (1928)
56 mins | Melodrama | 30 November 1928
Director:
Christy CabanneWriter:
Howard J. GreenProducer:
Jack CohnCinematographer:
Joe WalkerEditor:
Ben PivarProduction Designer:
Harrison WileyProduction Company:
Columbia Pictures Corp.This is apparently the film titled College Coquette listed in a studio production directory in the 27 October 1928 Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World, whose starting date was 13 October 1928. Columbia did make another movie called College Coquette the following year (see entry).
The Var review of the film incorrectly listed its title as Reckless Youth.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021. ...
This is apparently the film titled College Coquette listed in a studio production directory in the 27 October 1928 Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World, whose starting date was 13 October 1928. Columbia did make another movie called College Coquette the following year (see entry).
The Var review of the film incorrectly listed its title as Reckless Youth.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
Expelled from college for staying out after hours, Dixie Calhoun takes a job as secretary to Bruce Neil, a young lawyer to whom she soon becomes engaged. Bruce takes Dixie home to meet his father, John Neil (the district attorney and the board chairman of Dixie's former college), and John persuades her to give up Bruce to avoid ruining his son's career. Dixie goes to an employment agency, and one of the clerks attempts to have his way with her. Dixie hits him with a brass urn, killing him. She is placed on trial for murder, and John Neil makes a vitriolic attack on her character. Bruce comes to her defense, however, and convinces the jury of her essential goodness. Dixie is found not guilty, and she and Bruce are ...
Expelled from college for staying out after hours, Dixie Calhoun takes a job as secretary to Bruce Neil, a young lawyer to whom she soon becomes engaged. Bruce takes Dixie home to meet his father, John Neil (the district attorney and the board chairman of Dixie's former college), and John persuades her to give up Bruce to avoid ruining his son's career. Dixie goes to an employment agency, and one of the clerks attempts to have his way with her. Dixie hits him with a brass urn, killing him. She is placed on trial for murder, and John Neil makes a vitriolic attack on her character. Bruce comes to her defense, however, and convinces the jury of her essential goodness. Dixie is found not guilty, and she and Bruce are reconciled.
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