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  • Young as You Feel (1931)
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    78 min | Comedy
Young as You Feel (1931)
Approved
78 min | Comedy

Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact that neither of his two sons have the time nor inclination to eat with him. Billy is obsessed with culture, while Tom is a physical fitness nut. ...See moreLemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact that neither of his two sons have the time nor inclination to eat with him. Billy is obsessed with culture, while Tom is a physical fitness nut. At the office, Lemuel is exasperated when Billy arrives for work at four in the afternoon and cannot stay because of a party he is giving that night to unveil a statue he bought for $20,000. Lemuel then finds Tom meeting with his golf committee rather than working. When the boys argue that business is only a means to an end, and that happiness and enjoyment of life are desired goals, Lemuel counters their contentions by declaring that what they really need are wives and tells them that Dorothy and Rose Gregson, the daughters of an old friend, will soon be visiting. During the party, Fleurette, a French singer hired by Billy, goes to Lemuel's bedroom to undress before her performance, and after an embarrassing moment, she and Lemuel become friends. She encourages him to loosen up, and after awhile, he saunters downstairs drunk, just as the statue, supposedly a distinguished work of modern art, is being unveiled. Billy worries that Fleurette may be a blackmailer. Sometime later, Billy, Tom and Lemuel's staid partner, Noah Marley, are concerned because Lemuel has not shown up for an important meeting. Since meeting Fleurette, Lemuel is never at home, and he has been arrested in a speakeasy raid. Lemuel arrives at the office in top hat and tails, and when his sons act indignant at his behavior, he reiterates their own philosophy and leaves skipping with Fleurette to go to the races. Billy and Tom call detectives to follow them. At the track, the detectives spy Fleurette introduce Lemuel to Harry Lamson, an infamous blackmailer, but they conclude that she is worth the money it will cost Lemuel. Fleurette tells Lemuel that Lamson is a friend of the man who sold Billy the statue, Colonel Stanhope, and that Stanhope went to Colorado, where her mother owns some land. Lemuel agrees to go with her to check on the land, and Billy and Tom, believing that they left to get married, follow with Marley, the Gregson sisters, who have just arrived in town, the detectives and a judge. At the Hotel Colorado, a suspicious man watches as Lemuel and Fleurette register. When Stanhope boasts that he sold Fleurette's mother's land for $2,000, Lemuel reveals that he has learned that Stanhope made $40,000 from the deal. Lemuel then asserts that the statue Billy bought was in reality a hunk of granite that a drunkard ordered for a tombstone. By warning Stanhope that, as an ex-convict, he could get a ten-year sentence for fraud, Lemuel induces him to pay $40,000 for a large rock he unveils in a ceremony in the hotel lobby. In her bedroom, as Fleurette embraces Lemuel to thank him, the man who earlier spied upon them bursts in and reveals that he is Fleurette's husband. Lemuel is certain that the couple will blackmail him, but thinks the experience has been worth it and takes out his checkbook. Fleurette, disappointed in Lemuel, explains that she left her husband because of his jealousy, and the husband contends that her mother sent for him to check on the land. Convinced that they are telling the truth, Lemuel says that he and Fleurette are not in love, but just good pals. As they shake hands, Lemuel's sons and their party intrude. Lemuel explains that he wanted to teach his sons a lesson, but that he learned one himself: that anyone is dead who lets life pass him by. He then goes on an ocean liner to Paris with Fleurette and her husband, and brings along Marley, who soon sports a toupee and an entourage of attractive young women. The toupee, however, falls into the water, and everyone laughs. See less
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Director
Writers
George Ade (play "Father and the Boys") | Edwin J. Burke (adaptation)
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Updated Jun 24, 1931

Release date
Aug 23, 1931 (United States)

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22 cast members
Name Known for
Will Rogers
Lemuel Morehouse Lemuel Morehouse   See fewer
Fifi D'Orsay
Fleurette Fleurette   See fewer
Lucien Littlefield
Noah Marley Noah Marley   See fewer
Don Dillaway
Billy Morehouse Billy Morehouse   See fewer
Terrance Ray
Tom Morehouse Tom Morehouse   See fewer
Lucile Browne
Dorothy Gregson Dorothy Gregson   See fewer
Rosalie Roy
Rose Gregson Rose Gregson   See fewer
Gregory Gaye
Pierre Pierre   See fewer
John T. Murray
Colonel Stanhope Colonel Stanhope   See fewer
Brandon Hurst
Robbins Robbins   See fewer
C. Henry Gordon
Harry Lamson Harry Lamson   See fewer
Marcia Harris
Mrs. Denton Mrs. Denton   See fewer
Otto Hoffman
Secretary Secretary   See fewer
Joan Standing
Lemuel's Secretary Lemuel's Secretary   See fewer
Bob Burns
Colorado Detective (uncredited) Colorado Detective (uncredited)   See fewer
Eddy Chandler
Death of a Faun Picket (uncredited) Death of a Faun Picket (uncredited)   See fewer
Harvey Clark
Colorado Hotel Manager (uncredited) Colorado Hotel Manager (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Coleman
Butler (uncredited) Butler (uncredited)   See fewer
Paul Fix
Desk Clerk (uncredited) Desk Clerk (uncredited)   See fewer
Tom Kennedy
Colorado Detective (uncredited) Colorado Detective (uncredited)   See fewer
Cecilia Parker
Undetermined Role (uncredited) Undetermined Role (uncredited)   See fewer
James Pierce
Jack, a Cop (uncredited) Jack, a Cop (uncredited)   See fewer
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