Mad Youth

Year: 1940

Runtime: 76 mins

Language: English

Director: Melville Shyer

Drama

Questioning whether modern mothers are to blame for their children's reckless behavior, the film follows a wealthy socialite who engages a male escort. The escort falls for her daughter, triggering a bitter mother‑daughter clash. The daughter runs away, staying with a friend trapped in a prostitution ring, revealing deeper family and societal tensions.

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