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Youth Takes a Fling is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Joel McCrea.
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| Directed by | Archie Mayo |
| Written by | Myles Connolly (writer) |
| Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
| Cinematography | Rudolph Maté |
| Edited by | Philip Cahn |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $676,000[1] |
One of Leeds relatively few films, both she and McCrea were loaned to Universal from Samuel Goldwyn.
Plot
editJoe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea, moves to New York to try to get a job as a sailor. He finds it more difficult than he thought, and meets Helen Brown, who falls for him and uses her feminine wiles to try to prevent him leaving.
Cast
edit- Joel McCrea as Joe Meadows
- Andrea Leeds as Helen Brown
- Frank Jenks as Frank Munson
- Dorothea Kent as Jean
- Isabel Jeans as Mrs. Merrivale
- Virginia Grey as Madge
- Grant Mitchell as Duke
- Henry Mollison as Dunham
- Brandon Tynan as Tad
- Oscar O'Shea as Captain Walters
- Granville Bates as Mr. Judd
- Roger Davis as Floorwalker
- Marion Martin as Girl on Beach
- Olaf Hytten as Dunham's Butler
- Willie Best as George
- Catherine Proctor as Mrs. Aspitt
- Yvonne Boisseau as Miss Beaton
- Arthur Housman as First Communist
- John Sheehan as Second Communist
- Chester Clute as Salesman
- Wade Boteler as Tugboat Captain
- Tom Dugan as Bum
- Eddie Acuff as Bum
- Mary Field as Maid
References
edit- ^ Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 116. ISBN 9780813158891.
External links
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