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The Plastic Age is a 1925 black-and-white silent film, starring Clara Bow, Donald Keith, and Gilbert Roland in his film debut. The film survives today not only on 16 mm film, but also on video and DVD. The film was based on a best-selling novel from 1924 of the same name, written by Percy Marks, a Brown University English instructor who chronicled the life of the fast-set of that university and used the fictitious Sanford College as a backdrop. The Plastic Age is known to most silent film fans as the very first hit of Clara Bow's career, and helped jumpstart her fast rise to stardom. Frederica Sagor Maas and Eve Unsell adapted the book for the screen.
Original Release
12/15/1925
US Release
12/15/1925
Cast
Name | Character |
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Donald Keith | Hugh Carver |
Clara Bow | Cynthia Day |
Mary Alden | Mrs. Carver |
Henry B. Walthall | Henry Carver |
Gilbert Roland | Carl Peters |
David Butler | James Henley |
J. Gordon Edwards Jr. | Norrie Parks |
Jack Egan | Sophomore |
Bill Elliott | Athlete |
Clark Gable | Athlete |
Directors
Writers
Frederica Sagor Maas, Percy Marks, Eve Unsell
Cast
Name | Character |
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Donald Keith | Hugh Carver |
Clara Bow | Cynthia Day |
Mary Alden | Mrs. Carver |
Henry B. Walthall | Henry Carver |
Gilbert Roland | Carl Peters |
David Butler | James Henley |
J. Gordon Edwards Jr. | Norrie Parks |
Jack Egan | Sophomore |
Bill Elliott | Athlete |
Clark Gable | Athlete |
Janet Gaynor | Co-ed |
Gwen Lee | Carl's Girl |
Carole Lombard | Co-ed |
Roger Moore | Amorous Student |
Churchill Ross | Student with Glasses |
Felix Valle | Merton Billings |
Producers
Name | Role |
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B.P. Schulberg | Producer |