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The Daring Years
Director: Kenneth Webb (Dir)
Release Date:   15 Sep 1923
Duration (in feet):   6,782
Duration (in reels):   7
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Cast:   Mildred Harris (Susie La Motte)  
    Charles Emmett Mack (John Browning)  
    Clara Bow (John's sweetheart, Mary)  
    Mary Carr (Mrs. Browning)  
    Joe King (Jim Moran, a pugilist)  
    [Frederick] Tyrone Power (James La Motte)  
    Skeets Gallagher (The College Boy)  
    Jack Richardson (Flaglier, cabaret owner)  
    Joseph Depew    
    Helen Rowland (La Motte children)  
    Sam Sidman (Curly, Moran's manager)  
    Sherman Sisters (Moran girls)  

Summary: Although Susie La Motte, a cabaret dancer, loves boxer Jim Moran, she vamps young, idealistic John Browning. Moran accidently shoots himself during a fight with the jealous Browning, and Susie, out of malice, accuses Browning of murder. Browning is sentenced to death by electrocution, but a power failure and a last-minute confession from Susie save him. 

Production Company: Daniel Carson Goodman Corp.  
Distribution Company: Equity Pictures  
Director: Kenneth Webb (Dir)
Producer: Daniel Carson Goodman (Prod)
Writer: Daniel Carson Goodman (Adpt)
  Daniel Carson Goodman (Story)
Country: United States

Copyright Claimant Copyright Date Copyright Number
Daniel Carson Goodman Corp. 14/8/1923 dd/mm/yyyy LP19306

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Genre: Melodrama
 
Subjects (Major): Boxers
  Capital punishment
  Dancers
  Murder

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