The Plastic Age

Movie
Original title	The Plastic Age
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1925
length	73 minutes
Rod
Director	Wesley Ruggles
script	Eve Unsell , ; Frederica Sagor
production	BP Schulberg
camera	Al Siegler , ; Gilbert Warrenton
occupation
	Donald Keith : Hugh Carver; Clara Bow : Cynthia Day; Mary Alden : Mrs. Carver, his mother; Henry B. Walthall : Henry Carver, his father; Gilbert Roland : Carl Peters; David Butler : James Henley, PE teacher;

The Plastic Age is a 1925 American romantic comedy directed by Wesley Ruggles .

action

Hugh Carver prepares to leave Prescott College. His reputation as an excellent athlete precedes him, much to his father's pride; he is praised in the local newspaper. He has to share his boarding room with Carl Peters, a college Romeo. The newcomer Hugh has to pass his acid test with a fictitious attack on the girls' room at the boarding school. College student Cynthia Day is intrigued by the handsome and talented young man. She persuades him to go on a late-night rendezvous in a park, and Hugh discovers kissing couples from college everywhere.

Hugh gets too lost in the affair and neglects his training, so that because of him the college team cannot live up to expectations in an important sports competition with other colleges. A word of power from his father is said to lead Hugh back to school and to diligent training. However, he continues to give in to his desire for Cynthia until she finally withdraws from him. She secretly loves him, but does not want to stand in the way of his success at school.

Hugh's performance in sports is getting better and he proves himself in a football match against Tremont College. After an initial weakness he saved his team the victory in the end. When he graduated from college, after a long hesitation, he met Cynthia and they hugged each other happily.

background

The film was based on a novel by Percy Marks from 1924. Benjamin Percival Schulberg's Preferred Pictures production company shot on rented stages and on location at Pomona College in Claremont . The Plastic Age was one of the most popular college comedies of the day, and it started Clara Bow's film career .

Reviews

In its December 1925 review, the film magazine Photoplay considered the depicted college atmosphere to be implausible and Clara Bow not to be what one imagines a college girl to be.

Individual evidence

Web links

The Plastic Age in the Internet Movie Database (English)
The Plastic Age (synopsis, contemporary reviews, photos)

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