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]
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.
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
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)
