Folly of Youth
1925 film directed by George Hively
Folly of Youth is a 1925 American independent silent crime drama film directed by Paul Hurst and starring Gaston Glass, Hedda Nova and Noah Beery. It takes place during the era of Prohibition.
Plot
After his sister falls ill from drinking some bad booze, Robert Cartwright sets out to investigate and expose those bootleggers but unexpectedly encounters an attractive woman who has been roped into the gang of criminals.
Cast
Gaston Glass as Robert Cartwright
Hedda Nova as Leona Haynes
Noah Beery as Lee Haynes
Gertrude Astor as Evelyn Cartwright
Rosaline Marlin
Eric Mayne
Theodore Lorch
References
Bibliography
Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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