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Accent on Youth: Directed by Wesley Ruggles. With Sylvia Sidney, Herbert Marshall, Phillip Reed, Holmes Herbert. A young secretary falls in love with her boss, a middle-aged playwright. Complications ensue when her boss tries to fix her up with a man closer to her age and already in love with her.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Wesley Ruggles
- 1935-08-23
Accent on Youth is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Herbert Fields and Claude Binyon based on the 1934 play of the same name written by Samson Raphaelson. The film stars Sylvia Sidney and Herbert Marshall and features Phillip Reed, Holmes Herbert, Catherine Doucet, Astrid Allwyn and Lon Chaney Jr.
Unaware that Linda loves Steven, Dickie visits Steven hours before the wedding and asks for advice on how to win Linda. Steven calls Dickie a sissy under his breath but agrees to let him see her, convinced Linda will fall for Dickie because of his youth. Steven's scheme works and Linda marries Dickie.
- Wesley Ruggles, James Dugan
- Sylvia Sidney
Apr 16, 2020. Oct 8, 2019. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Middle-aged comedy playwright Steven Gaye (Herbert Marshall) decides to write a tragedy in which an older man loves a...
- Wesley Ruggles
- Romance
- Sylvia Sidney
Apr 29, 2009 · Now the 50-year-old actor is portraying a playwright in the Manhattan Theater Club ’s Broadway revival of Samson Raphaelson’s comedy “Accent on Youth.” Mr. Hyde Pierce plays Steven Gaye, a...
Accent on Youth is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Herbert Fields and Claude Binyon based on the 1934 play of the same name written by Samson Raphaelson. The film stars Sylvia Sidney and Herbert Marshall and features Phillip Reed, Holmes Herbert, Catherine Doucet, Astrid Allwyn and Lon Chaney Jr.
Based on Samson Raphaelson's stage play, Accent on Youth focuses on a May-December romance. Herbert Marshall (46 years old at the time) is a successful middle-aged playwright; Constance Cummings is his young secretary, who prefers the company of mature men. She sets her cap on marrying the playwright, while he fends off her attentions.
