| ~The Heart of Youth~ 1919 |
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| ~L308-7: Lila Lee and unknown boy~ |
| ~L308-12: Buster Irving, Lila Lee, Gertrude Short, Vera Sisson & Fay Lemport~ |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
Lila Lee spent the early part of her film career playing sweet young things in innocuous pictures such
as this one. Josephine Darchat (Lila Lee), living with her grandparents, the Whipples (Charles Ogle &
Fanny Midgley), in the country, loves Russ Prendergast (Tom Forman), the son of wealthy Calvin
Prendergast (Guy Oliver), despite the dispute between the families over a spring between their two
properties. The feud intensifies when children from the camp situated on the Prendergast land mess
the Whipples' kitchen making molasses candy. After the children substitute an old cook's false hair for
flowers left by Russ with a love note to Josephine, she stops speaking to him. When the younger
Prendergast children hide the Whipple cat, Josephine destroys the dam which brings spring water to
the Prendergast property. In the middle of a large fight involving thugs hired by the Prendergasts and
neighbors supporting the Whipples, Josephine tries to save a young Prendergast child from drowning
and, in turn, is saved by Russ. The families reconcile, the lovers reunite, and the cat, hidden in a well,
returns to the rejoicing.
Plot Synopsis is a combination of Plot Synopses from allmovie.com and afi.com
as this one. Josephine Darchat (Lila Lee), living with her grandparents, the Whipples (Charles Ogle &
Fanny Midgley), in the country, loves Russ Prendergast (Tom Forman), the son of wealthy Calvin
Prendergast (Guy Oliver), despite the dispute between the families over a spring between their two
properties. The feud intensifies when children from the camp situated on the Prendergast land mess
the Whipples' kitchen making molasses candy. After the children substitute an old cook's false hair for
flowers left by Russ with a love note to Josephine, she stops speaking to him. When the younger
Prendergast children hide the Whipple cat, Josephine destroys the dam which brings spring water to
the Prendergast property. In the middle of a large fight involving thugs hired by the Prendergasts and
neighbors supporting the Whipples, Josephine tries to save a young Prendergast child from drowning
and, in turn, is saved by Russ. The families reconcile, the lovers reunite, and the cat, hidden in a well,
returns to the rejoicing.
Plot Synopsis is a combination of Plot Synopses from allmovie.com and afi.com
| Directed by: Robert G. Vignola Written by: Beulah Marie Dix - screenplay Based on the novel Friends in the End by Beulah Marie Dix (publication undetermined). |
| ~Cast~ Lila Lee ... Josephine Darchat Tom Forman ... Russ Prendergast Buster Irving ... Jimmy Charles Ogle ... Os Whipple Fanny Midgley ... Mitty Whipple Guy Oliver ... Calvin Prendergast Lydia Knott ... Mrs. Prendergast Fay Lemport ... Mildred Gertrude Short ... Cora Cameron Coffey ... Dickey Vera Sisson ... Evie Atherton Lewis Sargent ... Lorenzo Sylvia Ashton ... The Cook Robert Brower ... The Squire Edward Alexander ... Abner |
| ~Remaining Credits~ Produced & Released by: Famous Players-Lasky Corporation Cinematography by: Henry Kotani Assistant Director: Philip Carlbeck Presenter: Jesse L. Lasky Length: 5 Reels Runtime: 50 Minutes Released: August 24, 1919 |
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