Another of my favorite glamour girls of the early 1930s, Mary Nolan, stars in Universal's Young Desire (1930), opposite William Janney (as her youthful admirer) and Ralf Harolde (as the carnival boss from whom she vainly tries to escape).
Well handled by the prolific "B" director, Lew Collins, Young Desire is very convincing, thanks mainly to its extremely seedy atmosphere.
It's also good to note that Mary Nolan's great performance is remarkably true-to-life.
Unfortunately, there is one sour apple in this movie dish, namely that the play's concluding sequence, presumably reflecting the original play's turn of events, is something of a cop-out that was needless in this case as the iron hand of the censor had not yet descended on Hollywood.
(Formerly available on a very good VintageFilmBuff DVD).
Well handled by the prolific "B" director, Lew Collins, Young Desire is very convincing, thanks mainly to its extremely seedy atmosphere.
It's also good to note that Mary Nolan's great performance is remarkably true-to-life.
Unfortunately, there is one sour apple in this movie dish, namely that the play's concluding sequence, presumably reflecting the original play's turn of events, is something of a cop-out that was needless in this case as the iron hand of the censor had not yet descended on Hollywood.
(Formerly available on a very good VintageFilmBuff DVD).