''The Kingdom of Youth'' is a 1918 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

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, Tom Moore and Marie De Wolfe.McCaffrey & Jacobs p.124 The film's sets were designed by the

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Cast

as Ruth Betts * Tom Moore as Jimmy Betts * Marie De Wolfe as Mrs. Ella Rice * Lee Baker as Count Henri Duval * Jennie Dickerson as Aunt Sophronia

References

Bibliography

* Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.

External links

* 1918 films 1918 comedy films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Clarence G. Badger Goldwyn Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-US-film-stub