Fascinating Youth

1926 film by Sam Wood

March 17, 1926 (1926-03-17) (Premiere)
August 23, 1926 (1926-08-23) (U.S.)

Running time

70 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Fascinating Youth is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Sam Wood. It starred Charles "Buddy" Rogers (in his feature debut), along with Thelma Todd and Josephine Dunn in supporting roles. Many well-known personalities made guest appearances in the film, judging a beauty contest in one scene, and Clara Bow makes a cameo appearance in her second film for Paramount Pictures.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Charles "Buddy" Rogers as Teddy Ward
Ivy Harris as Jeanne King
Jack Luden as Ross Page
Walter Goss as Randy Furness
Claude Buchanan as Bobby Stearns
Mona Palma as Dotty Sinclair
Thelma Todd as Lorraine Lane
Josephine Dunn as Loris Lane
Thelda Kenvin as Betty Kent
Jeanne Morgan as Mae Oliver
Dorothy Nourse as Mary Arnold
Irving Hartley as Johnnie
Gregory Blackton as Frederick Maine
Robert Andrews as Duke Slade
Charles Brokaw as Gregory
Iris Gray as Sally Lee
Ralph Lewis as John Ward
Joseph Burke as Ward's Secretary
James Bradbury, Sr. as The Professor
Harry Sweet as The Sheriff
William Black as Deputy Sheriff
Richard Dix as himself
Adolphe Menjou as himself
Clara Bow as herself
Lois Wilson as herself
Percy Marmont as himself
Chester Conklin as himself
Thomas Meighan as himself
Lila Lee as herself
Lewis Milestone as himself
Malcolm St. Clair as himself

Preservation

With no prints of Fascinating Youth located in any film archives, it is a lost film, with only the trailer surviving.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Stenn, David (2000). Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 288. ISBN 0-815-41025-5.
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Fascinating Youth at silentera.com
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Fascinating Youth
^ Fascinating Youth at Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures - 1926 Archived August 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine