Movie: A Youth of Fortune

Top 6 Billed Cast

Carter DeHaven
Carter DeHaven

Willie O'Donovan

Flora Parker DeHaven
Flora Parker DeHaven

Mary

Harry Carter
Harry Carter

Cormack O'Donovan

Harry Depp
Harry Depp

Peters

Maude George
Maude George

Gwendolyn O'Donovan

Doc Crane
Doc Crane

Professor Higgenbotham

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    At the urging of his wealthy grandfather, Willie O'Donovan is sent to boarding school by his preoccupied parents, neither of whom shows much interest in the lad. At school, where he falls in love with Mary, a country girl, Willie hears that his grandfather has died and left him $50,000,000 to be managed by whomever Willie is living with on his eighteenth birthday. Mr. and Mrs. O'Donovan, who are in the midst of divorce, both hire private detectives to bring Willie back to them, but after a series of close calls, Willie manages to avoid the detectives and take refuge at the home of Mary's mother.

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    1916-05-15

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