The Soul of Youth
DirectorWilliam Desmond Taylor
“AN ORPHAN OF THE STREET IN A DESPERATE FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL!”
Ed Simpson has been raised in an orphanage where he has caused much trouble. He can't stand living there anymore and runs away. On the streets, he finds a friend in newsboy Mike. Mike teaches him how to survive, but inevitably Ed gets hauled into court. The judge sees potential in him and hands him over to be adopted by a young politician.
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Cast
Lewis Sargent
Ed Simpson
Lila Lee
Vera Hamilton
Ernest Butterworth Jr.
Mike
Clyde Fillmore
Robert Hamilton
Grace Morse
Mrs. Hamilton
Elizabeth Janes
Ruth Hamilton
Claude Payton
Pete Morano
Barbara Gurney
The Mother
Betty Schade
Maggie
Jane Keckley
Matron (Mrs. Joye)
Eunice Murdock Moore
Cook
Fred Huntley
Samuel Hodge
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