A Certain Young Man
A Certain Young Man is a 1928 comedy film directed by Hobart Henley. The film stars Ramon Novarro, Marceline Day, Rene Adore, Carmel Myers and Bert Roach. The film is considered lost.
The film was shot in 1926, but was not released until 1928. Sally ONeil was originally cast as Phyllis, but was replaced by Marceline Day. Joan Crawford, still an ingenue at the time, was considered for that same role, but she was deemed unsuitable. Cast member Willard Louis died a few months after filming wrapped, and his name was removed from the credits.A Certain Young Man opened to reviews that were lukewarm at best, and was a financial failure at the box office. Some screenings were preceded by the Technicolor short The Czarinas Secret featuring Sally Rand and Olga Baclanova. The films release followed on the heels of A Gentleman of Paris with Adolph Menjou, which was based on the same source material and was considered a better adaptation. Novarros performance was unfavorably compared with that of Menjou by several critics, including Mordaunt Hall of the New York Times, who found the overall film only mildly amusing and very shallow, though he found Myers charming and work by supporting actors Huntley Gordon and Bert Roach favorable. ........
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