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Youth’s Desire
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4880 feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Joseph Bennett [Bud Wise], Doris Baker [Edith Kent]

Alkire Productions production; distributed on State Rights basis by Forward Film Distributors, Incorporated. / Scenario by Philip H. White, from the musical-comedy adaptation Going Up by Otto Hauerbach (music and lyrics) and Louis A. Hirsch (music) of the play The Aviator by James Montgomery. Presented by Alkire Productions. / Released October 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: An Ace in the Hole. The play was subsequently filmed as The Aviator (1929).

Comedy.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Accidents - Ambition - Aviation: Aviators - Small-town life

Listing updated: 13 October 2025.

Reference: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.