IMDb plot summary: Richard Carewe has raised his deceased friend's son from childhood with the help of his housekeeper and her beautiful daughter Phyllis. He arranges a marriage between the lad and Phyllis, but the rascal impulsively marries a notorious nightclub singer known as "The Firefly."
Directed by William A. Seiter. Stars Loretta Young, Conway Tearle, and David Manners.
The Truth About Youth is a 1930 romantic drama about a young engaged couple where the young man is cheating on her with a cabaret star. When he is almost found out, an older friend helps out by pretending he's the one dating the star, when in actuality he is in love with the engaged woman. This is a very predictable story with very familiar themes for my 1930 project. The characters are written in a straightforward but relatively likeable way, and it's not an uncomfortable watch the way some romances from this era are, but it's not a very exciting one either. The most interesting component of it is watching the blooming romance between the engaged man's friend and the engaged woman, although of course nothing will come of it while she is actively engaged because she is the epitome of good behavior, in contrast to the Myrna Loy character. Ultimately a very forgettable but inoffensive romantic drama from the era.
How it entered my Flickchart:
🎥 The Truth About Youth (1930)
📊 Ranked #2811/4010 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 31
lost to Wristcutters: A Love Story (#2002 → #1773)
beat Frantic (#3002 → #3067)
lost to Nacho Libre (#2502 → #2483)
beat The Irishman (#2751 → #2792)
lost to Hitchcock (#2626 → #2615)
lost to Convict 13 (#2688 → #2627)
lost to Dreamgirls (#2719 → #2727)
lost to The Tomorrow War (#2735 → #2733)
lost to In the Mood for Love (#2743 → #2734)
lost to Dallas Buyers Club (#2747 → #2715)
beat Hamlet (#2749 → #2813)
lost to The Big Trail (#2748 → #2587)
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