Wine of Youth

Wine of Youth
Film poster
Directed by	King Vidor
Produced by	King Vidor Louis B. Mayer
Written by	Rachel Crothers Carey Wilson
Starring	Eleanor Boardman William Haines Creighton Hale Niles Welch
Cinematography	John J. Mescall
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	September 15, 1924
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent

Wine of Youth is a 1924 American silent comedy-drama film directed by King Vidor,^[1] and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, shortly after the merger which created MGM in April 1924. Vidor did not consider it important enough to mention in his autobiography,^[2] although it did advance the careers of three young stars-to-be: Ben Lyon, Eleanor Boardman and William Haines. The film is preserved at George Eastman House, Rochester New York.^[3]

Plot

Mary (Eleanor Boardman) is a girl wooed by two suitors but made afraid of marriage by the quarrelling of her parents.

Cast

• Eleanor Boardman as Mary
• James Morrison as Clinton
• Johnnie Walker as William
• ZaSu Pitts as Lucy (scenes deleted)
• Niles Welch as Robert
• Creighton Hale as Richard
• Ben Lyon as Lynn
• William Haines as Hal
• William Collier, Jr. as Max
• Pauline Garon as Tish
• Eulalie Jensen as Mother
• E. J. Ratcliffe as Father
• Gertrude Claire as Granny
• Robert Agnew as Bobby
• Lucille Hutton as Anne
• Virginia Lee Corbin as Flapper
• Anne Sheridan as Flapper (as Gloria Heller)
• Sidney De Gray as Doctor (as Sidney De Grey)
• Jean Arthur as Automobile Reveler (uncredited)
• Aggie Herring as The Cook (uncredited)

References

1. "Progressive Silent Film List: Wine of Youth". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
2. Eames, John Douglas (1981). "The MGM Story", p 12
3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Wine of Youth

External links

• Wine of Youth at the Internet Movie Database
• Wine of Youth at AllMovie