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The Soul of Youth

192080 minUnited States
Drama

Synopsis

Unhappy at an orphanage, Ed follows his expelled dog onto the streets and joins another boy in finding ways to survive. Their discoveries expose a dishonest politician. The resulting changes offer a chance for a home that the institution had failed to provide.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
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80:19
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · William Desmond Taylor · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsWilliam Desmond Taylor

Historical context

William Desmond Taylor's drama places the treatment of an unwanted child beside corruption among supposedly respectable adults. Lewis Sargent's young protagonist is judged through actions that poverty has helped produce.

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  • Lila Lee — Edwin Bower Hesser; Picture-Play Magazine , vol. 18, no. 5. July, 1923 https://archive.org/details/pictureplaymagaz18unse/page/n511/mode/2up · Public domain

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