Larry Grayson, jazz age son of permissive parents, drifts from wild parties with his classmates to more heady, roadhouse entertainment. There he becomes involved with an underworld gang and falls in love with Spanish Marla, one of their vamps. Larry leaves home after an argument with his father, throws in with the gang (who are using him for their own purposes), and is blamed for a murder. Tried and convicted, Larry is given a light sentence when the judge places most of the blame on his overindulgent parents.
Acting
Maria Alba's 'Spanish vamp' commits fully to the bit.
Direction
Rosson packs a feature's worth of scandal into 50 minutes.
Director
Richard Rosson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is pure 1920s 'youth in crisis' propaganda, released just before the Hays Code crackdown made such frank moral panic impossible.
Director Richard Rosson was an original Keystone Cop who pivoted to directing; this was his first solo credit after co-directing Wings.
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