The Reckless Age

Aug 16, 1924

1h 16m

★ 5.0

Overview

Lord Harrowby takes out an $100,000 insurance policy to be paid if his wedding to Cecilia Meyrick is cancelled. The insurance company sends Dick Minot to make sure the wedding takes place, but he falls in love with the bride.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

The Reckless Age Trailers

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Cast

Dick Minot

Reginald Denny

Cecilia Meyrick

Ruth Dwyer

Spencer Meyrick

John Steppling

Tante Meyrick

May Wallace

Lord Allan Harrowby

William Austin

Martin Wall

Tom McGuire

Fred Malatesta

Henry A. Barrows

Frederick Vroom

W.E. Lawrence

Dorothy Revier

Bertram Johns

This charming short film was shot in the Camargue, probably in the same place where Jean Durand filmed his cowboy movies. The plot is very simple. A guardian falls in love with a Parisian. Desperate, he commits suicide when she returns to the capital. But, as always with Perret, we appreciate the framing, the skilful use of the exteriors and the documentary side of life of the time. We see the young Arlesianas in traditional dress go out to collect almonds and return with their baskets to the city. The actor in the role of the guardian overreacts, imitating bombastic despair. But the finale, in which he rides a horse through the waves to find the rest of death, preserves its charm intact. Perret knows how to set the rhythm of a sequence and give it the necessary atmosphere.

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