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Young Desire - 1930 - 5/10
Helen, sick and tired of the cootch show, leaves the carnival.
Walking the back road, she meets a swell. Young, naïve, wowed by her looks and worldliness.
As he buys her dinner, gets her an apartment, Helen plans to fleece him down to his skin.
Only thing, he’s so earnest, and so wild about her, she can’t stop falling in love with him.
Meanwhile, the carnival travels the circuit and is soon back in that little town.
And Helen’s past resurfaces.
Creaky early talkie, early Pre-Code, something of a soaper, although Helen’s beau returns home every night between 2 AM and 3 AM, leading one to wonder what that couple is doing all night in her apartment.
Mary Nolan is mouth-watering, but she has problems “acting”. She waits for others to say their lines, thinks a moment, then says hers. William Janney is no great shakes either, but he is perfectly cast!
Fans of Nolan, this is still a must. The print I viewed was pretty good.