This Reckless Age (1932) DVD-R

Starring Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Bennett, Peggy Shannon, Charles Ruggles,
Frances Dee
Directed by Frank Tuttle

Print: black/white
Runtime: 80 min.
Genre: comedy
Print Quality: B

An early comedy about the generation gap, this 1932 movie was written by Joseph L.
Mankiewicz, who went on to write and direct films such as Guys and Dolls and Cleopatra.
Director Frank Tuttle co-wrote the script, based on a successful play called The Goose
Hangs High by Lewis Beach. Donald Ingals (Richard Bennett) and his wife Eunice (Frances
Starr) are conventional and loving parents who are shocked when their son Bradley (Buddy
Rogers) comes home from college with ideas that they consider to be outrageous. His
parents would like him to get involved with Mary Burke (Peggy Shannon), a prim and proper
young lady. More complications ensue because Bradley's sister Lois (Frances Dee) is
attracted to the flapper lifestyle, but she isn't sure whether she can handle its emotional
demands.