''The Rampant Age'' is a 1930 American

melodrama film A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or exces ...

, directed by

Phil Rosen Philip E. Rosen (May 8, 1888 – October 22, 1951) was an American film director and cinematographer. He directed more than 140 films between 1915 and 1949. He was born in Malbork, Marienburg, German Empire (now, Malbork, Poland), grew up ...

. It stars James Murray,

Merna Kennedy Merna Kennedy (born Maude Kahler; September 7, 1908 – December 20, 1944) was an American actress of the late silent era and the transitional period into talkies. Career She was born in Kankakee, one of two children to Maud (''née'' Reed) a ...

, and

Eddie Borden Edgar Mason Borden (May 1, 1888 – June 30, 1955) was an American film actor who started his career in vaudeville as an acrobat and then successfully turned to comedy. Throughout the 1920s, he toured in the Keith, Orpheum and Pantages vaudev ...

, and was released on January 15, 1930.

Cast list

* James Murray as Sandy Benton *

as Doris Lawrence *

as Eddie Mason * Margaret Quimby as Estelle * Florence Turner as Mrs. Lawrence *Patrick Cunning as De Witt *

Gertrude Messinger Gertrude Dolores Messinger (April 28, 1911 – November 8, 1995) was an American film actress known for her B-movie roles from the 1930s through the 1950s. She began as a child actor in silent films, but found her greatest fame in talkies of ...

as Julie * John Elliott as Mr. Benton * John T. Prince as Party Guest

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* * * Melodrama films Films directed by Phil Rosen American drama films 1930 drama films 1930 films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub