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Comedy

The Young in Heart

- Charming to meet, but expensive to know!

A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.

Release Date : 1938-07-06

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Selznick International Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Janet Gaynor

Character Name : George-Anne Carleton

Original Name : Janet Gaynor

Gender : Female

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Character Name : Richard Carleton

Original Name : Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Gender : Male

Roland Young

Character Name : Col. Anthony 'Sahib' Carleton

Original Name : Roland Young

Gender : Male

Billie Burke

Character Name : Marmy Carleton

Original Name : Billie Burke

Gender : Female

Minnie Dupree

Character Name : Ellen Fortune

Original Name : Minnie Dupree

Gender : Female

Paulette Goddard

Character Name : Leslie Saunders

Original Name : Paulette Goddard

Gender : Female

Richard Carlson

Character Name : Duncan Macrae

Original Name : Richard Carlson

Gender : Male

Henry Stephenson

Character Name : Felix Anstruther

Original Name : Henry Stephenson

Gender : Male

Lawrence Grant

Character Name : Mr. Hutchins

Original Name : Lawrence Grant

Gender : Male

Walter Kingsford

Character Name : Inspector

Original Name : Walter Kingsford

Gender : Male

Eily Malyon

Character Name : Sarah

Original Name : Eily Malyon

Gender : Female

Tom Ricketts

Character Name : Andrew

Original Name : Tom Ricketts

Gender : Male

Irvin S. Cobb

Character Name : Senator Albert Jennings

Original Name : Irvin S. Cobb

Gender : Male

Lucile Watson

Character Name : Mrs. Jennings

Original Name : Lucile Watson

Gender : Female

Margaret Early

Character Name : Adela Jennings

Original Name : Margaret Early

Gender : Female

Brooks Benedict

Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Brooks Benedict

Gender : Male

Billy Bevan

Character Name : Kennel Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Billy Bevan

Gender : Male

Lya Lys

Character Name :

Original Name : Lya Lys

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-20

The suitably grandly named Carleton family spend much of their time fleecing wealthy people on the Côte D'Azur. When one of their scams backfires, they are politely asked to quit the country. As they board the train, serendipity gives them one last chance as they encounter the elderly, and fabulously wealthy "Miss Fortune" (Minnie Dupree). There seems to have been a spate of films made in the late 1930s involving derailed trains, and here is another one: this time they rescue the old lady and she invites them to take up lodgings with her. Janet Gaynor ("George-Anne") and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ("Richard") decide to play this straight for a change, hopeful that despite the suspicions of her savvy attorney "Mr. Anstruther" (Henry Stephenson) they will encourage the old spinster to leave them her estate. It's a gentle tale of redemption this, well cast and adapted from the original Ida Wylie novel. Paulette Goddard provides some mischievous love interest for Fairbanks, and Billie Burke again delightfully emulates a porcelain doll in this last on-screen performance for an agreeably on-form Gaynor. It is not, perhaps, a film that you will remember for long - but it is a well constructed, engaging drama with solid - not great - performances all round.