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Experience
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Experience

1921
1h 10m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1921

Runtime

1h 10m

Storyline

"And Youth takes his fling! Drinks all the joy of life and finds- the dregs! Then stumbles, falls, sinks so deep that only Love can find him."

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 10m
Aug 7, 1921
Languages
No Language
Director
George Fitzmaurice
George Fitzmaurice
Production
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

31 Cast Members

Richard Barthelmess

Richard Barthelmess

Youth

John Miltern

John Miltern

Experience

Marjorie Daw

Marjorie Daw

Love

E.J. Ratcliffe

E.J. Ratcliffe

Ambition

Betty Carpenter

Betty Carpenter

Hope

Kate Bruce

Kate Bruce

Mother

Lilyan Tashman

Lilyan Tashman

Pleasure

R. Senoir

Opportunity

Joseph W. Smiley

Joseph W. Smiley

Chance

Fred Hadley

Tout

Harry J. Lane

Despair

Helen Ray

Intoxication

Jed Prouty

Jed Prouty

Good Nature

Barney Furey

Barney Furey

Poverty

Charles A. Stevenson

Charles A. Stevenson

Wealth

Edna Wheaton

Beauty

Yvonne Routon

Fashion

Ned Hay

Sport

Sibyl Carmen

Sibyl Carmen

Excitement

Robert Schable

Robert Schable

Conceit

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