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Reckless Age

Reckless Age is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Felix E. Feist and written by Gertrude Purcell and Henry Blankfort. The film stars Gloria Jean, Henry Stephenson, Kathleen Howard, Franklin Pangborn, Andrew Tombes, Marshall Thompson, Jane Darwell, Lloyd Corrigan, Judy Clark and Jack Gilford. The film was released on November 17, 1944, by Universal Pictures.

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Reckless Age
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Directed byFelix E. Feist
Screenplay byGertrude Purcell
Henry Blankfort
Story byAl Martin
Produced byFelix E. Feist
StarringGloria Jean
Henry Stephenson
Kathleen Howard
Franklin Pangborn
Andrew Tombes
Marshall Thompson
Jane Darwell
Lloyd Corrigan
Judy Clark
Jack Gilford
CinematographyJerome Ash
Edited byRay Curtiss
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • November 17, 1944 (1944-11-17)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Reckless Age is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Felix E. Feist and written by Gertrude Purcell and Henry Blankfort. The film stars Gloria Jean, Henry Stephenson, Kathleen Howard, Franklin Pangborn, Andrew Tombes, Marshall Thompson, Jane Darwell, Lloyd Corrigan, Judy Clark and Jack Gilford. The film was released on November 17, 1944, by Universal Pictures.123

Plot

Linda Wadsworth (Gloria Jean) rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth (Henry Stephenson), and runs away from home. Unknown to Mr. Wadsworth, she gets a job at one of his many five-and-ten-cent stores as a clerk.

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References

  1. "Reckless Age (1944) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on September 17, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  2. Hal Erickson. "Reckless Age (1944) - Felix E. Feist". AllMovie. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  3. "Reckless Age". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
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