''The Age of Desire'' is a 1923 American
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...
directed by
Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage (; April 23, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an Academy Award-winning American film director and actor, known for directing '' 7th Heaven'' (1927), '' Street Angel'' (1928), '' Bad Girl'' (1931), ''A Farewell to Arms'' (1932), '' Man's ...
and starring
Josef Swickard
Josef Swickard (26 June 1866 – 1 March 1940) was a kingdom of Prussia, Prussian-born veteran stage and screen character actor, who had toured with stock companies in Europe, South Africa, and South America.
Career
Swickard emigrated to the Un ...
,
William Collier Jr., and
Mary Philbin. It was distributed through Associated First National Pictures.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, Janet Loring deserts her young son Ranny when she marries the millionaire Malcolm Trask. Ranny becomes the tool of a criminal, but saves all of the money he gets so he can buy a home for the young woman that he loves. His mother misses him, and attempts to locate him by advertising for him. As a scheme, the crook sends Ranny in response to the advertisement, not knowing that he is really her son. Ranny takes money from his mother, but then becomes conscience stricken, and admits to her that he is an imposter. However, she convinces him that he belongs to her. Ranny promises to go straight, and Trask is happy to have a son. Ranny marries his sweetheart.
Cast
Preservation
With no prints of ''The Age of Desire'' located in any film archives,
The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Age of Desire''
/ref> it is a lost film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress.
Conditions
During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy ...
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1923 films
American silent feature films
Films directed by Frank Borzage
Lost American films
First National Pictures films
Silent American drama films
1923 drama films
1923 lost films
1920s American films
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