The Plastic Age (film)

The Plastic Age
Reprint of the promotional poster
Directed byWesley Ruggles
Screenplay by
Based onThe Plastic Age
by Percy Marks
Produced byB.P. Schulberg
Starring
Cinematography
Distributed byPreferred Pictures
Release dates
  • December 6, 1925 (1925-12-06) (U.S.)
  • July 18, 1926 (1926-07-18) (New York City)
  • April 23, 1928 (1928-04-23) (Finland)
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Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

The Plastic Age is a 1925 American black-and-white silent romantic comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Clara Bow, Donald Keith, and Gilbert Roland.[2] The film was based on a best-selling novel from 1924 of the same name, written by Percy Marks, a Brown University English instructor who chronicled the life of the fast-set of that university and used the fictitious Sanford College as a backdrop. The Plastic Age is known to most silent film fans as the very first hit of Clara Bow's career, and helped jumpstart her fast rise to stardom. Frederica Sagor Maas and Eve Unsell adapted the book for the screen.[3][4]

  1. ^ The La Crosse Tribune (WI) 6 Dec 1925, p. 16.
  2. ^ Stenn, David (2000). Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-8154-1025-6.
  3. ^ Nelson, Valerie J. (January 7, 2012). "Frederica Sagor Maas dies at 111; silent film screenwriter". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 9, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  4. ^ Barnes, Mike (January 6, 2012). "Silent Film Era Screenwriter Dies at Age 111". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 20, 2018.