| ~A Very Good Young Man~ 1919 |
| ~L294-14: Bryant Washburn & Helene Chadwick~ |
| ~L294-30: Bryant Washburn & Helen Jerome Eddy~ |
| ~L294-33: Bryant Washburn & Helen Jerome Eddy~ |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
After her mother convinces her that a man who is morally faultless before marriage will most likely
sow his wild oats afterwards, Ruth Douglas (Helene Chadwick) refuses the proposal of her
sweetheart, LeRoy Sylvester (Bryant Washburn), an assistant at the public library. In order to tarnish
his reputation, LeRoy escorts Osprey Mandelharper (Helen Jerome Eddy), the flirtatious daughter of
a lady undertaker, to the sporty Babylon Gardens. After LeRoy flirts with Viva Bacchus (Anna Q.
Nilsson), who has just received a settlement of bonds from the mother of her fiancé, Adrian Love
(Edward Burns), to break their engagement, Viva loses the bonds. Hoping to be searched, LeRoy
holds a package containing jewels stolen by Johnny Binks (Charles West), but Viva recovers her
bonds and calls off the search. LeRoy then goes to a gambling house and calls the police to raid it,
but he breaks the bank, and the police just congratulate him. After Binks and Osprey fall in love, the
jewels are returned, and Viva and Adrian are reunited, LeRoy admits to Ruth that he is a failure as a
thief, gambler, and flirt, but she promises to marry him anyway.
Plot Synopsis is from afi.com
sow his wild oats afterwards, Ruth Douglas (Helene Chadwick) refuses the proposal of her
sweetheart, LeRoy Sylvester (Bryant Washburn), an assistant at the public library. In order to tarnish
his reputation, LeRoy escorts Osprey Mandelharper (Helen Jerome Eddy), the flirtatious daughter of
a lady undertaker, to the sporty Babylon Gardens. After LeRoy flirts with Viva Bacchus (Anna Q.
Nilsson), who has just received a settlement of bonds from the mother of her fiancé, Adrian Love
(Edward Burns), to break their engagement, Viva loses the bonds. Hoping to be searched, LeRoy
holds a package containing jewels stolen by Johnny Binks (Charles West), but Viva recovers her
bonds and calls off the search. LeRoy then goes to a gambling house and calls the police to raid it,
but he breaks the bank, and the police just congratulate him. After Binks and Osprey fall in love, the
jewels are returned, and Viva and Adrian are reunited, LeRoy admits to Ruth that he is a failure as a
thief, gambler, and flirt, but she promises to marry him anyway.
Plot Synopsis is from afi.com
| Directed by: Donald Crisp Written by: Walter Woods Based on the play A Very Good Young Man by Martin Brown, Robert Housum (New York, 19 Aug 1918). |
| ~Cast~ Bryant Washburn ... LeRoy Sylvester Helene Chadwick ... Ruth Douglas Julia Faye ... Kitty Douglas Sylvia Ashton ... Mrs. Douglas Jane Wolfe ... Mrs. Mandelharper Helen Jerome Eddy ... Osprey Bacchus Wade Boteler ... Tom Hurley Anna Q. Nilsson ... Viva Bacchus Noah Beery ... Blood Edmund Burns ... Adrian Love Mayme Kelso ... Mrs. Love Charles West ... Johnny Binks |
| ~Remaining Credits~ Produced & Released by: Famous Players-Lasky Corporation Cinematography by: Charles Edgar Schoenbaum Presenter: Jesse L. Lasky Length: 5 Reels Runtime: 50 Minutes Released: July 6, 1919 |
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