A Youth of Fortune
1916•50m•Released
Comedy
At the urging of his wealthy grandfather, Willie O'Donovan is sent to boarding school by his preoccupied parents, neither of whom shows much interest in the lad. At school, where he falls in love with Mary, a country girl, Willie hears that his grandfather has died and left him $50,000,000 to be managed by whomever Willie is living with on his eighteenth birthday. Mr. and Mrs. O'Donovan, who are in the midst of divorce, both hire private detectives to bring Willie back to them, but after a series of close calls, Willie manages to avoid the detectives and take refuge at the home of Mary's mother.
Director
Otis Turner
Writer
Ford Beebe
Languages
No Language
Studio
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Cast
Carter DeHaven
Willie O'Donovan
Flora Parker DeHaven
Mary
Harry Carter
Cormack O'Donovan
Harry Depp
Peters
Maude George
Gwendolyn O'Donovan
Doc Crane
Professor Higgenbotham
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