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Young Ideas

  • 19431943
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 17m
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5.5/10
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Herbert Marshall and Susan Peters in Young Ideas (1943)
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Comedy
Academy Award-winner* Mary Astor (The Maltese Falcon) stars as a widow whose grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor in this charming, offbeat comedy directed by ... Read allAcademy Award-winner* Mary Astor (The Maltese Falcon) stars as a widow whose grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor in this charming, offbeat comedy directed by the legendary Jules Dassin (Never on Sunday, Naked City, Rififi). When Susan (Susan Peters... Read allAcademy Award-winner* Mary Astor (The Maltese Falcon) stars as a widow whose grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor in this charming, offbeat comedy directed by the legendary Jules Dassin (Never on Sunday, Naked City, Rififi). When Susan (Susan Peters) and Jeff Evans (Elliot Reid), the adult children of widowed author and lecturer Jo Evans... Read all
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    • Jules Dassin
    • Ian McLellan Hunter(original screenplay)
    • Bill Noble(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Susan Peters
    • Herbert Marshall
    • Mary Astor
    • Jules Dassin
    • Ian McLellan Hunter(original screenplay)
    • Bill Noble(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Susan Peters
    • Herbert Marshall
    • Mary Astor
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    • 7User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Mary Astor, Herbert Marshall, Richard Carlson, and Susan Peters in Young Ideas (1943)
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    Mary Astor, Herbert Marshall, Richard Carlson, and Susan Peters in Young Ideas (1943)
    Richard Carlson and Susan Peters in Young Ideas (1943)
    Richard Carlson and Susan Peters in Young Ideas (1943)
    Richard Carlson and Susan Peters in Young Ideas (1943)
    Mary Astor, Herbert Marshall, Richard Carlson, and Susan Peters in Young Ideas (1943)

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    Susan Peters
    Susan Peters
    • Susan Evans
    Herbert Marshall
    Herbert Marshall
    • Michael Kingsley
    Mary Astor
    Mary Astor
    • Jo Evans
    Elliott Reid
    Elliott Reid
    • Jeff Evans
    Richard Carlson
    Richard Carlson
    • Tom Farrell
    Allyn Joslyn
    Allyn Joslyn
    • Adam Trent
    Dorothy Morris
    Dorothy Morris
    • Co-Ed
    Frances Rafferty
    Frances Rafferty
    • Co-Ed
    George Dolenz
    George Dolenz
    • Pepe
    Emory Parnell
    Emory Parnell
    • Judge Canute J. Kelly
    Grady Sutton
    Grady Sutton
    • Undetermined Minor Role
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    Ed Agresti
    • Boulevardier
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Aldrich
    Fred Aldrich
    • Peanut Vendor
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Arnt
    Charles Arnt
    • Station Master
    • (uncredited)
    Polly Bailey
    • Old Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Carlos Barbe
    • French Lieutenant
    • (uncredited)
    William Bishop
    William Bishop
    • French Lieutenant
    • (uncredited)
    Paul E. Burns
    Paul E. Burns
    • Gardener-Caretaker
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      • Jules Dassin
      • Ian McLellan Hunter(original screenplay)
      • Bill Noble(original screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      This film was first telecast in Philadelphia Monday 15 April 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), followed by New Haven CT 22 April 1957 on WNHC (Channel 8), by Los Angeles 24 April 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11), by both Altoona PA and Norfolk VA 29 April 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10) and on WTAR (Channel 3), by Seattle 21 May 1957 on KING (Channel 5), by Miami 28 May 1957 on WCKT (Channel 7), by Portland OR 31 May 1957 on KGW (Channel 8), by Chicago 9 July 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), by Honolulu 29 July 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13), by Minneapolis 5 October 1957 on KMGM (Channel 9), by Memphis 20 November 1957 on WHBQ (Channel 13), and by San Francisco 22 January 1958 on KGO (Channel 7). In New York City, its earliest documented telecast did not take place until Monday 26 March 1962 on WCBS (Channel 2).

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    6/10
    Othelloed
    It's too bad that Herbert Marshall was not a professor of English literature as opposed to physics. If he had been he'd have recognized Othello in the scheme that Susan Peters and Elliott Reid had to break up the marriage between their mother Mary Astor and Marshall.

    In Young Ideas Peters and Reid are caught off guard with the whirlwind courtship and sudden marriage of Astor to Marshall. Also caught off guard is Astor's literary agent Allyn Joslyn who cancels the book tour he has for his client.

    Peters and Reid decide they don't like Marshall and are determined to break up the marriage. What they hit upon as a tactic is to convince Marshall that some of the spicy characters that Astor uses in her novels are autobiographical glimpses of her own racy life. Later on when Joslyn and a French friend from Europe George Dolenz come, courtesy of Peters and Reid, Marshall's suspicions are confirmed.

    It's partially Marshall's own fault. He insists that she retire and be a homemaker and he will support them on his college salary. Kind of narrowminded I thought and I couldn't quite grasp Astor going along with him. This film could never be made today. Besides what would be wrong with Astor writing in her spare time and bringing in the bucks?

    George Dolenz was an interesting character. He was so obviously gay, but that was not spoken of in those days. How Marshall considered him a threat is beyond me.

    Later on Peters relents as she falls for English instructor Richard Carlson. Reid however is a spoiled kid and he doesn't relent until almost the end.

    Young Ideas isn't all that young with Peters and Reid playing Iago to the hilt. Still it's a pleasant and entertaining comedy showing off a number of MGM's young female contract players as coeds. Look sharp and you'll see Ava Gardner in the crowd. Good, but dated viewing.
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    • Release date
      • August 2, 1943 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
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      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • 1 hour 17 minutes
      • Black and White

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