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Middle-aged comedy playwright Steven Gaye (Herbert Marshall) decides to write a tragedy in which an older man loves a younger woman, who leaves him for a younger man.
- Wesley Ruggles
- Romance
- Sylvia Sidney
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy) Esquire Magazine. ...a screamingly funny portrait of a dignified secretary-butler by the portly gent who played the...
Accent on Youth is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Herbert Fields and Claude Binyon based on the 1934 play of the same name written by Samson Raphaelson. The film stars Sylvia Sidney and Herbert Marshall and features Phillip Reed, Holmes Herbert, Catherine Doucet, Astrid Allwyn and Lon Chaney Jr.
1935's "Accent on Youth" was the first film adaptation of Samuel Raphaelson's 1934 Broadway play, the story of a wealthy 50 year old playwright, Steven Gaye (Herbert Marshall), whose latest offering, intended as a tragedy following 19 straight comedies, depicts a romance between a young woman and an older man.
Accent on Youth: Directed by Wesley Ruggles. With Sylvia Sidney, Herbert Marshall, Phillip Reed, Holmes Herbert. A young secretary falls in love with her boss, a middle-aged playwright. Complications ensue when her boss tries to fix her up with a man closer to her age and already in love with her.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Wesley Ruggles
- 1935-08-23
Apr 29, 2009 · This mild drawing-room comedy by Samson Raphaelson — better known for such efforts as “The Jazz Singer” (it was a play before it was the 1927 movie) and the screenplays for “Trouble in ...
Review by PUNQ ★★ Frustrating film where Sylvia Sidney is torn between the mature Herbert Marshall , who can only express himself through writing plays, and the immature fool Phillip Reed . At least you can enjoy Marshall's soothing voice say a bunch of romantic mumbo-jumbo.
