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Youth for Sale

1924 · 60 min

A quiet, old-fashioned melodrama of friendship and sacrifice, watched with the distant hush of a silent-era relic.

Directed by: Christy Cabanne
Genres: Drama
Starring: May Allison, Sigrid Holmquist, Richard Bennett

Overview: Connie urges her friend Molly and Molly's boyfriend Tom to attend a party with her. Molly, who has never tried alcohol before, is temporarily blinded by her first drink. Connie, feeling Molly's blindness is her fault, agrees to marry a wealthy man in order to get the money to restore Molly's sight. Complications ensue.

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Directed by: Christy Cabanne
Genres: Drama
Starring: May Allison, Sigrid Holmquist, Richard Bennett

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Tone
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
friendship
love
class
Places: None
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Christy Cabanne
Written by: Gerald C. Duffy, Ray Harris
Starring: May Allison, Sigrid Holmquist, Richard Bennett, Charles Emmett Mack, Alice Chapin, Dorothy Allen
Runtime: 60 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: No Language

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