About
Youth meets Ambition and leaves Love, his mother, and his small-town roots for the big city. There, in his search for Experience, he meets Pleasure and hangs out at the Primrose Path with the likes of Temptation and Intoxication. Back home, Youth's mother dies, and Love tries unsuccessfully to reach him. When Youth's money runs out his newfound friends all leave him and he sinks into a life of drug addiction, aided by Habit.
Theatrical
Aug 7, 1921
Cast
Full credits →R
Richard Barthelmess
Youth
J
John Miltern
Experience
M
Marjorie Daw
Love
E
E.J. Ratcliffe
Ambition
B
Betty Carpenter
Hope
K
Kate Bruce
Mother
L
Lilyan Tashman
Pleasure
J
Joseph W. Smiley
Chance
J
Jed Prouty
Good Nature
B
Barney Furey
Poverty
C
Charles A. Stevenson
Wealth
N
Ned Hay
Sport
R
Robert Schable
Conceit
N
Nita Naldi
Temptation
F
Frank Evans
Work
F
Frank McCormack
Delusion
L
Louis Wolheim
Crime
A
Agnes Marc
Habit
F
Florence Flinn
Frailty
M
Mac Barnes
Makeshift