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Desperate Youth (1921)

Desperate Youth poster
Directed by
Harry B. Harris
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young person struggles with hard choices and limited options in a small town. The story follows their attempts to find a better path while dealing with family and social pressures.

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What happens

Desperate Youth is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Harry B. Harris and starring Gladys Walton, J. Farrell MacDonald and Louis Willoughby. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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