A shy, naive New York children's librarian must become stronger and wiser after she discovers that her new husband is a liar, a cheat, and a fraud.A shy, naive New York children's librarian must become stronger and wiser after she discovers that her new husband is a liar, a cheat, and a fraud.A shy, naive New York children's librarian must become stronger and wiser after she discovers that her new husband is a liar, a cheat, and a fraud.
Roscoe Ates
- Mike - Pool Hall Bartender
- (as Rosco Ates)
Blanche Friderici
- Miss Gordon - Librarian
- (as Blanche Frederici)
Harry Stubbs
- Promoter
- (as Harry O. Stubbs)
Robert Brower
- Aged Library Patron
- (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
- Landlady
- (uncredited)
Ray Cooke
- Pool Player
- (uncredited)
Jim Farley
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Frank Mills
- Dance Hall Bartender
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe play opened in New York City, New York, USA on 12 November 1929 and had 31 performances.
- Quotes
Library Patron Seeking Aphrodite: [Loudly] Say, where can I get an illustrated copy of "Aphrodite?"
Miss Margaret Gordon, the Librarian: Young man, you're evidently unaware that that book is not in circulation.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Complete Citizen Kane (1991)
- SoundtracksWhispering
(1920) (uncredited)
Music by John Schonberger
Lyrics by Malvin Schonberger
Played as dance music at the Chinese restaurant
Danced by Polly Walters and Cliff Edwards and other couples
Reprised on piano at the restaurant
Featured review
Eric Linden Struts His Stuff...
A better than average soaper, complete with a full roster of marital melodramatics, "Young Bride" was meant to be something of a star vehicle for Helen Twelvetrees (her married name, believe it or not), but young and handsome Eric Linden steals the show with his bad-boy good-looks and his bratty attitude.
Capable of better things (as he proved a few years later in the classic filmed play, "Ah Wilderness"), Linden's talent shines through the stiff dialog in "Young Bride" and triumphs over it's tired, and not-unexpected, ending.
Linden's later performance in "Ah Wilderness" seems to be the role he was born to play.
He made a few films of note afterwards, but his roles grew smaller in later years, eventually down to just "bit" parts.
Twelvetrees proves to be a poor leading lady for the dynamic Linden. If you didn't know that she was a bigger name than he was in 1932, and you were seeing this film for the first time, many years after it's release, you would have to wonder why she received top billing.
The supporting cast was sturdy;-- I'm especially fond of the always-stammering Roscoe Ates. He seems to be enjoyable regardless of what film he's in, or how he's cast.
I'm sure David O. Selznick was responsible for the film's polished look. He gave many early RKO films a touch of class-- And not too many people could effectively polish up those city tenements in films like this. (the best example of the "well-staged-slums-for-the-stage" film, in my humble opinion, was Sam Goldwyn's 1937 production of the Broadway hit, "Dead End").
But it's Eric Linden who really makes this film worth a watch.--
Without Linden's "bursting with energy" presence, this would be one tired old soaper. He could even make you believe that poor-boy pool-hall slackers wore suits every day, although not too many could fill out a suit the way Eric Linden did...
Capable of better things (as he proved a few years later in the classic filmed play, "Ah Wilderness"), Linden's talent shines through the stiff dialog in "Young Bride" and triumphs over it's tired, and not-unexpected, ending.
Linden's later performance in "Ah Wilderness" seems to be the role he was born to play.
He made a few films of note afterwards, but his roles grew smaller in later years, eventually down to just "bit" parts.
Twelvetrees proves to be a poor leading lady for the dynamic Linden. If you didn't know that she was a bigger name than he was in 1932, and you were seeing this film for the first time, many years after it's release, you would have to wonder why she received top billing.
The supporting cast was sturdy;-- I'm especially fond of the always-stammering Roscoe Ates. He seems to be enjoyable regardless of what film he's in, or how he's cast.
I'm sure David O. Selznick was responsible for the film's polished look. He gave many early RKO films a touch of class-- And not too many people could effectively polish up those city tenements in films like this. (the best example of the "well-staged-slums-for-the-stage" film, in my humble opinion, was Sam Goldwyn's 1937 production of the Broadway hit, "Dead End").
But it's Eric Linden who really makes this film worth a watch.--
Without Linden's "bursting with energy" presence, this would be one tired old soaper. He could even make you believe that poor-boy pool-hall slackers wore suits every day, although not too many could fill out a suit the way Eric Linden did...
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- Also known as
- Love Starved
- Filming locations
- Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA(establishing shot of the St. Charles and Breakers hotels)
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- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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