Eyes of Youth
1919 film by Albert Parker
- October 26, 1919 (1919-10-26) (New York City)
- November 30, 1919 (1919-11-30) (U.S.)
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Eyes of Youth is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Clara Kimball Young. The film was based on the stage play Eyes of Youth, performed on Broadway in 1917-18 and starred Marjorie Rambeau. This film also features Rudolph Valentino in a role as a thief/con artist.[1][2]
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This film is often credited as the vehicle that led Valentino to be cast in The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse (1921).[3][4]
Cast
- Clara Kimball Young - Gina Ashling
- Gareth Hughes - Kenneth Ashling
- Pauline Starke - Rita Ashling
- Sam Southern - Mr. Ashling
- Edmund Lowe - Peter Judson
- Ralph Lewis - Robert Goring
- Milton Sills - Louis Anthony
- Vincent Serrano - The Yogi
- William Courtleigh - Paolo Salvo
- Norman Selby - Dick Brownell (billed as "Kid McCoy")
- Rudolph Valentino - Clarence Morgan (billed as "Rudolfo Valentino")
- Claire Windsor - Guest at party (uncredited)
Remake
The story was remade as The Love of Sunya (1927) starring Gloria Swanson and with Albert Parker once again directing.
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Home media
On April 17, 2012, Eyes of Youth was released on Region 1 DVD by Alpha Home Entertainment
References
- ^ Eyes of Youth at SilentEra
- ^ Eyes of Youth, play, performed on Broadway 1917-1918 at the Internet Broadway database
- ^ Rambova, Natacha (2009) [1921]. Rudolph Valentino: A Wife's Memories of an Icon. Hollywood, California: PVG Publishing. pp. 243–44. ISBN 978-0-9816440-4-2.
- ^ Burr, Ty (2013). Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame. New York: Random House. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-307-39084-4.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eyes of Youth.
- Eyes of Youth at IMDb
- Eyes of Youth at SilentEra
- Eyes of Youth page via Clara Kimball Young entry at Unsung Divas website
- Eyes of Youth (1919) on YouTube
- Eyes of Youth is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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Films directed by Albert Parker
- Her Excellency, the Governor (1917)
- The Food Gamblers (1917)
- The Man Hater (1917)
- The Haunted House (1917)
- For Valour (1917)
- The Other Woman (1918)
- From Two to Six (1918)
- Annexing Bill (1918)
- Shifting Sands (1918)
- Waifs (1918)
- The Secret Code (1918)
- Arizona (1918)
- The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919)
- Eyes of Youth (1919)
- The Branded Woman (1920)
- Love's Redemption (1921)
- Sherlock Holmes (1922)
- Second Youth (1924)
- The Rejected Woman (1924)
- The Black Pirate (1926)
- The Love of Sunya (1927)
- After Dark (1932)
- The Right to Live (1933)
- Rolling in Money (1934)
- The Third Clue (1934)
- The Riverside Murder (1935)
- The White Lilac (1935)
- Late Extra (1935)
- Troubled Waters (1936)
- Blind Man's Bluff (1936)
- Strange Experiment (1937)
- There Was a Young Man (1937)
- The Five Pound Man (1937)
- Murder in the Family (1938)
- Second Thoughts (1938)