This Reckless Age

This Reckless Age
This Reckless Age
Directed by	Frank Tuttle
Written by	Lewis Beach (play The Goose Hangs High); Joseph L. Mankiewicz (screenplay)
Produced by	Jesse L. Lasky; Adolph Zukor
Starring	Charles "Buddy" Rogers
Cinematography	Henry Sharp
Music by	John Leipold
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	January 9, 1932;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

This Reckless Age is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers and produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on a Broadway play The Goose Hangs High by Lewis Beach.^[1]^[2]

One of over 700 Paramount films controlled by Universal Pictures, which in 1948 purchased most of the 1928-1948 Paramount library.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

Donald and Eunice Ingals' lives revolve around their children, Bradley and Lois. They have sacrificed and scrimped to give their kids the best, and the kids, thoughtless and young, give little in return except for a smile and thanks now and then.

When Christmas vacation comes, Bradley and Lois pop in on the family. Bradley has come to tell his father he is marrying Mary Burke, which is received rather badly by both parents, while Lois, prankish and impish, spends more of her visit home partying with school friends.

But when Donald finds himself being blamed for a business scandal, the children make serious efforts to save their father's reputation.

Cast

Charles "Buddy" Rogers as Bradley Ingals
Richard Bennett as Donald Ingals
Peggy Shannon as Mary Burke
Charles Ruggles as Goliath Whitney
Frances Dee as Lois Ingals
Frances Starr as Eunice Ingals
Maude Eburne as Rhoda
Allen Vincent as Pig Van Dyke
Mary Carlisle as Cassandra Phelps
David Landau as Matthew Daggett
Reginald Barlow as Lester Bell
George C. Pearce as John Burke
Grady Sutton as Stepladder Schultz
Harry Templeton as Monk Turner
Berton Churchill as Banker
Leonard Carey as Braithwaite (uncredited)

Critical Response

As reviewer Clara M. Sawdon opined in International Photographer: "Pictures such as this are rare because they are much more difficult to produce than sensational or spectacular ones, but they are welcome innovations, especially when accomplished with such satisfactory coordination of effort as herein evidenced."^[3]

References

^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 published by The American Film Institute (1993)
^ The Goose Hangs High on Broadway at the Bijou Theatre, January 29, 1924 to June 1924, IBDb.com; accessed November 26, 2015.
^ Sawdon, Clara M. "When Seen Through Feminine Eyes." The International Photographer Vol. 3 No. 12 p34. February, 1932. Accessed 7 May 2023.

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[1] The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 published by The American Film Institute (1993)

[2] The Goose Hangs High on Broadway at the Bijou Theatre, January 29, 1924 to June 1924, IBDb.com; accessed November 26, 2015.

[3] Sawdon, Clara M. "When Seen Through Feminine Eyes." The International Photographer Vol. 3 No. 12 p34. February, 1932. Accessed 7 May 2023.

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