A Youth of Fortune


1916

Film Details

Also Known As
Get the Boy
Release Date
May 15, 1916
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.
Distribution Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.; Red Feather Photoplays
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

At the urging of his wealthy grandfather, Willie O'Donovan is sent to boarding school by his preoccupied parents, neither of whom shows much interest in the lad. At school, where he falls in love with Mary, a country girl, Willie hears that his grandfather has died and left him $50,000,000 to be managed by whomever Willie is living with on his eighteenth birthday. Mr. and Mrs. O'Donovan, who are in the midst of divorce, both hire private detectives to bring Willie back to them, but after a series of close calls, Willie manages to avoid the detectives and take refuge at the home of Mary's mother. On Willie's eighteenth birthday, Mary appears at the reading of the will to demand the money, as she and Willie have been married and are living together. Deprived of the fortune, Mr. and Mrs. O'Donovan decide to drop the divorce proceedings.

Film Details

Also Known As
Get the Boy
Release Date
May 15, 1916
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.
Distribution Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.; Red Feather Photoplays
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

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Notes

The working title of the film was Get the Boy.