The Young Rajah
The Young Rajah is a 1922 silent film starring Rudolph Valentino. The film was based on the book Amos Judd by John Ames Mitchell.
Amos attends Harvard University. There he incurs the hatred of Austin Slade, Jr. Jack Giddings, whom he beats out for a spot on the rowing team. At a party celebrating a rowing victory over archrival Yale, a jealous Slade calls Amos yellow and pours a drink on him, causing Amos to punch him. Slade grabs a chair as a weapon, but Amos ducks, and Slade falls through an open window to his death. Amos is cleared of all wrongdoing, but the newspaper story attracts the notice of Amhad Beg J. Farrell MacDonald, Ali Khans Prime Minister.That summer, at a party hosted by close friend Stephen Van Kovert William Boyd, Amos becomes attracted to one of the other guests, Molly Cabot Wanda Hawley. By chance, Molly and her family decide to vacation in Amoss hometown. As they become better acquainted, Amos overcomes Mollys initial dislike of him. However, Molly tells her father Edward Jobson that she cannot marry someone who is not one of her own people, however much she loves him. Instead, she agrees to marry longtime suitor Horace Bennett Robert Ober, who had been a good friend of Slades. Bennett tells Amos to stay away from his future wife, but when he also calls Amos a murderer, Amos chokes him into apologizing. As he leaves, Amos is struck in the head by a rock thrown by Bennett. Seeing this, Molly rushes to Amoss side and breaks off her engagement to Bennett. ........
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