Wild Oats
Cast & Crew
C. J. Williams
William Jefferson
Emily Marceau
Leslie Hunt
Logan Paul
Caryl Fleming
Film Details
Synopsis
Motivated by his affliction with syphilis, a wealthy young man schemes to prevent a young country boy from making the same mistake as he. At the afflicted man's request, a reputable physician arranges for some hospital nurses to impersonate prostitutes and thus convince the boy that a visit to the brothel can result in his contraction of the dread disease.
Director
C. J. Williams
Cast
William Jefferson
Emily Marceau
Leslie Hunt
Logan Paul
Caryl Fleming
Gertrude La Brandt
H. Laffey
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Notes
According to reviews, this film was made under the auspices of the New York City Department of Health and the U.S. Navy and was "approved" by the "surgeon generals of the Army, Navy and Public Health." Special screenings were arranged for President Woodrow Wilson and members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. In early 1920, the film was re-copyrighted twice and re-released as a seven-reeler under the new title Some Wild Oats because of complaints from George Kleine's organization, who released a film with the title Wild Oats in 1916 and planned to re-release it. Sources conflict on some of the cast names, with one review including a "Mary La Brandt," but no "Gertrude La Brandt," and another, "Mary Marceau," but no "Emily Marceau."
