| Wine of Youth | |
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| Directed by | King Vidor |
| Written by | Carey Wilson |
| Based on | Wine of Youth by Rachel Crothers |
| Produced by | King Vidor Louis B. Mayer |
| Starring | Eleanor Boardman William Haines Creighton Hale Niles Welch |
| Cinematography | John J. Mescall |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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.
An early "flapper" romance set during the Jazz Age and made following the box-office popularity of Flaming Youth (1923), the film tests the limits of presenting unconventional social behavior among American youth and then ends with a paean to parental authority.[3]
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Wine of Youth". Silent Era. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
- ^ Eames 1988 p. 12
- ^ Durghat and Simmon 1988 p. 54 and p. 56: The film is "overridden with reassuring morality [where] a conscientious parent" intervenes.
Baxter 1976 p. 19 "One of the earliest ‘flapper’ romances..."