Eyes of Youth (1919)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Albert Parker

Writers:

Max Marcin (play)
Albert Parker (scenario)

Release Date:

30 November 1919 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A young woman, confronted by four options for proceeding in her life, is granted the ability to see...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Play

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
Rudolph Valentino	...	Clarence Morgan (as Rudolfo Valentino)
Edward Kimball

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Filming Locations:

Coastline, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Harry Garson Productions

Movie Connections:

Remade as The Love of Sunya (1927)

Young plays numerous roles in an interesting spiritual film

The middle aged Clara Kimball Young is shown to advantage in this film. She is a wealthy woman who wants to marry for love but she has other choices also. Duty- to stay with her needy family. Ambition - to follow an opera career. Wealth - to marry for money. A Hindu comes out of nowhere and "shows" her the future - all these scenarios are played out and wouldn't you know it - in the end, she chooses poverty and love. Young is able to play a number of roles as her character winds up in different situations in each scenario. She is: a wealthy woman; an opera singer; a poor school teacher; a derelict - as well as the society woman she starts out as. Valentino has a small role as a gigolo hired to place her in a compromising situation in one of these fantasies - he is on screen for no more than six minutes and plays the role adequately. An interesting film worth watching for its screenplay and Young's performance.