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Movie Info

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

John Francis Dillon
Writer:

Harry O. Hoyt

Cast & Crew

Colleen Moore
Patricia Fentriss

Sylvia Breamer
Dee

Myrtle Steadman
Mona Fentriss

Phillips Smalley

Ben Lyon

Betty Francisco

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Critic Reviews for Flaming Youth

All Critics (22) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (20) | Rotten (2)

The story? La la! You could write a better!

December 30, 2020 | Full Review…

Mae Tinee
Chicago Tribune
Flaming Youth is not quite up to the mark for highbrows, but it's a darn good picture for the rest of us -- wholly enjoyable, thoroughly un-draggy, admirably acted by an extraordinary cast.

December 30, 2020 | Full Review…

Irene Thirer
New York Daily News
Lots of pep! Lots of spice! That's Flaming Youth, the first really clever sketch of jazzitis, bob-ities, pet-itis and all the other affections and affectations of the flapper that has gotten on tho screen this season, or perhaps during any other season.

December 30, 2020 | Full Review…

Edwin Schallert
Los Angeles Times
Tense drama, charming romance sprightly comedy on a background of "flapperlsm" and "jazz." This is the picture which is painted by Flaming Youth, a startling First National photodrama.

December 30, 2020 | Full Review…

Edgar Hay
Miami Herald
Much in the book has been changed and much has been left to the imagination, but in spite of it the picture still flames.

December 29, 2020 | Full Review…

Inquirer Staff
Philadelphia Inquirer
While the picture Is not without Its shocks, it has comedy in good measure, and some effective acting. Miss Moore, as the gay flapper, is particularly good.

December 29, 2020 | Full Review…

Roy Ellarcotte
Detroit Free Press
Colleen Moore, one of the most piquant actresses on the screen, established herself in a niche well up among the most popular stars In the cinema world with her Incomparable interpretation- of the flapper role enacted in H-laming Youth.

December 30, 2020 | Full Review…

Statesman Staff
Austin American-Statesman
The age-old argument as to whether or not a wife has the right to demand o her husband the name rigidity of standards as he demands of her... forms the sensational theme of Flaming Youth, a powerful story of modern unconventional life.

December 30, 2020 | Full Review…

Citizen Staff
Ottawa Citizen
The picture is something in the nature of a study of the heart of . modern girl, but there is no lack of vital dramatic situations which require fable handling by the cast.

December 29, 2020 | Full Review…

NZ Herald Staff
New Zealand Herald
It tries hard to be naughty -- but only succeeds in being artificial -- tho it has been excellently staged with an eye upon its opulent appeal.

December 29, 2020 | Full Review…

Picture Parade
Motion Picture Magazine
Colleen Moore is the hit of the picture. As the ultra-jazzy daughter of a sufficiently jazzy father and mother, she makes you believe it. Her performance in this picture should add stimulus to her pretty well established vogue.

December 29, 2020 | Full Review…

EH Staff
Motion Picture Herald (Exhibitors Herald)
Colleen Moore's piquant portrayal of Patricia Fentriss, flapper extraordinary, is unusually pleasing in the more emotional moments of the story, although in excess of posing at other times mars her work.

September 9, 2020 | Full Review…

Star Staff
Washington Star