Under 18
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Under 18 is a romantic drama film starring Marian Marsh
, Anita Page
, Regis Toomey
, and Warren William
. It is based on the short story "Sky Life" by Frank Mitchell Dazey
and Agnes Christine Johnston
. A wealthy Broadway producer tries to take advantage of a poor young seamstress who needs money to help her sister divorce her worthless husband.
Marian Marsh
Marian Marsh was an American film actress, and later, environmentalist.-Early life:Violet Ethelred Krauth was born on October 17, 1913 in Trinidad, British West Indies , the youngest of four children of a German chocolate manufacturer and his French-English wife.Due to World War I, Violet's...
, Anita Page
Anita Page
Anita Evelyn Pomares , better known as Anita Page, was a Salvadoran-American film actress who reached stardom in the last years of the silent film era. She became a highly popular young star, reportedly at one point receiving the most fan mail of anyone on the MGM lot...
, Regis Toomey
Regis Toomey
John Regis Toomey was an American film and television actor.-Early life:Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey and attended Peabody High School...
, and Warren William
Warren William
Warren William was a Broadway and Hollywood actor, popular during the early 1930s, who was later nicknamed the "king of Pre-Code". He was born Warren William Krech in Aitkin, Minnesota to parents Freeman E. and Frances Krech. He had a certain physical resemblance to John Barrymore. He attended the...
. It is based on the short story "Sky Life" by Frank Mitchell Dazey
Frank Mitchell Dazey
Frank Mitchell Dazey was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 50 films between 1914 and 1954.He was born in New York.-Selected filmography:* The Prince of Avenue A * Silk Hosiery...
and Agnes Christine Johnston
Agnes Christine Johnston
Agnes Christine Johnston was an American screenwriter. She wrote for 84 films between 1915 and 1948.She was born in Swissvale, Pennsylvania and died in San Diego, California.-Selected filmography:...
. A wealthy Broadway producer tries to take advantage of a poor young seamstress who needs money to help her sister divorce her worthless husband.
Cast
- Marian Marsh as Margie Evans
- Anita Page as Sophie
- Regis Toomey as Jimmie Slocum
- Warren William as Raymond Harding
- Norman FosterNorman Foster (director)Norman Foster was an American film director and actor.Born John Hoeffer in Richmond, Indiana, Foster originally became a cub reporter on a local newspaper in Indiana before going to New York in the hopes of getting a better newspaper job but there were no vacancies...
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