Thrilling Youth is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Grover Jones and starring Billy West, Gloria Grey, and Charles Clary.Munden p. 1179Progressive Silent Film List: Thrilling Youth at silentera.com
Plot As described in a film magazine review, when Billy Davis leaves college and arrives home after a wild going-away party, he finds that his dad is in financial trouble. Billy goes to work to make their bakery business a success. He is in love with Mary Bryson, whose father is a big competitor in the bread business. Bryson's secretary bribes the Davis foreman to put cement in the bread. Billy, warned by Mary after she discovers a cement truck, informs his customers of the dirty trick by an airplane sky-written message. Bryson denounces his secretary for this underhand plotting and the latter is severely beaten by Billy, whose romance with Mary is happily concluded.
Cast Billy West as Billy Davis Gloria Grey as Mary Bryson George Bunny as Billy's Father Charles Clary as Thomas Bryson John J. Richardson as Bryson's Secretary Span Kennedy as Detective Joseph Smith as Vallman
References
Bibliography 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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