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The Young in Heart

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The Young in Heart
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NR,1hr 30min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Release:
1938
Director:
Richard Wallace
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Paulette Goddard  ...more
Synopsis: A comparatively little-known entry in the "screwball comedy" genre, David O. Selznick's The Young in Heart goes for quiet chuckles rather than bellylaughs. Adapted by Paul Osborn and Charles Bennett from a short story by I. R. Wylie, the film concentrates on a family of confidence tricksters. Paterfamilias Roland Young poses as a veteran of the Bengal Lancers in order to insinuate himself into high society; his birdbrained wife Billie Burke willingly goes along with any scheme her husband cooks up; ... Full Synopsis
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Hans J. Wollstein, AMG Review
According to Hollywood lore, theater legend Maud Adams was to have made The Young in Heart her triumphant comeback after 20 years in retirement but the original Peter Pan got cold feet at the last minute. Producer David O. Selznick instead cast the lesser known Minnie Dupree, a most fortuitous replacement, it seems. Dupree, in her screen debut, is startlingly effective both as a comedienne and in the ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Janet Gaynor
George-Ann Carleton
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Richard Carleton
Paulette Goddard
Leslie Saunders
Roland Young
Col. Anthony "Sahib" Carleton
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