Youth's Endearing Charm
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
William C. Dowlan
Mary Miles Minter
Wallace Macdonald
Harry Von Meter
Gertrude Le Brandt
Alfred Ferguson
Film Details
Synopsis
Mary Wade, an orphan, is the ward of a family of farmers who keep her busy with drudgery. When Mr. Jenkins, the head of the household, makes advances to Mary, she flees with her dog Zippy to the city, where she lands in court for imitating a beggar who pretends to be blind. Harry Disbrow, a young millionaire in court for drunkenness, takes Mary home to his family, who take her in as a servant. Mr. Disbrow, a trust officer, has a partner, Horton, who has been stealing from the firm and who wishes to have his daughter Maud marry Harry to minimize the consequences of his crimes. Desperate to shore up his business, Disbrow demands that Horton reveal the whereabouts of certain securities, which fall out of Horton's pocket during the course of the confrontation. The struggle between the two men is resolved when Mary crashes a vase over Horton's head. Taken to the heart of the Disbrow family, Mary wins the affections of Harry as well.
Director
William C. Dowlan
Cast
Mary Miles Minter
Wallace Macdonald
Harry Von Meter
Gertrude Le Brandt
Alfred Ferguson
Bessie Banks
Harvey Clark
Margaret Nichols
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This was Minter's first film for Mutual. Exteriors for the film were shot in the Santa Ynez Valley in California. Mutual's early press releases call the film a five-reeler, though it was released as a six-reeler. One contemporary trade article states that the film is based on a novel by Maibelle Heikes Justice, but no evidence of the existence of such a novel has been discovered.
