Released:
1921-08-07

Overview:
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.

Director:
George Fitzmaurice

Runtime:
1h 10min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Richard Barthelmess
  as
  Youth
• 
  John Miltern
  as
  Experience
• 
  Marjorie Daw
  as
  Love
• 
  E.J. Ratcliffe
  as
  Ambition
• 
  Betty Carpenter
  as
  Hope