"A Certain Young Man" (1928)

Dear Silent Hall of Fame Users:

You have come to this website, because you like silent films and silent movie stars. There are many places like this. But unlike other sites, here at Silent Hall of Fame you can make a real difference. You can help us show for the first time many films featuring your favorite silent stars that have not been seen in generations. This will bring their names back into the public discourse. But you can do much more than that: you can help your favorite silent stars receive belated recognition and glory.

Until now there has never been an organization with the purpose to place a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for movie personalities from a century ago. Silent Hall of Fame is this historic organization. Silent Hall of Fame is the only organization of its kind. We will make history and we invite you to become a part of history by sponsoring a silent movie star for the Hollywood Walk of Fame. All contributions are tax deductible.

Please use this button for a one-time donation. Use the button on the right-hand side for a recurring donation.

Rare Gems on DVD

Our users have spoken, and we have listened. You want to see rare and hard to find films, and we have created for you the Silent Gems Collection, available on eBay. This DVD collection includes rare and for the first time available films with our stars, as well as other silent masterpieces. These are high quality films that are hard to find anywhere else. Please click on this link to see the collection: Silent Gems Collection

Important Update:

You don't have to leave our website in order to obtain the films from our Silent Gems Collection. These gems are now available to our users as a reward for donation. For details click here.

Out Yonder 1919 The Woman God Forgot 1917 That Model from Paris 1926 For Better for Worse 1919 Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall 1924

OUR DOCUMENTARY

We are proud to present to all silent film lovers our multiple award-winning documentary! In March 2015 it won the distinction "Award of Merit" at the San Francisco Film Awards. In May it won the Silver Award at the 2015 International Independent Film Awards. In September 2015 it won the Award of Recognition at the Accolade Global Film Competition. Of equal merit is the inclusion of the documentary in the Official Selection of the San Jose International Short Film Festival in October 2015. In December the documentary won the extremely prestigious Diamond Award at the 2015 California Film Awards. The amazing run of recognition for our documentary continued in 2016. In February it was included in the Official Selection of the Buffalo Niagara International Film Festival.

San Francisco Film Awards new International Independent Film Awards new Accolade Global Film Competition Award new San Jose International Short Film Festival new California Film Awards small new

Marceline-Day-and-Ramon-Novarro-in-A-Certain-Young-Man

Marceline Day and Ramon Novarro

Directed by       Hobart Henley, Edmund Goulding (uncredited)
Written by    Donna Barrell, Bela Sekely
Based on "Bellamy the Magnificent" by Roy Horniman
Starring       Ramon Novarro, Marceline Day
Distributed by       Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date        May 19, 1928
Running time    58 minutes
Country       United States
Language             Silent, English intertitles

We have included this film in our program to illustrate the work and contributions of our star Marceline Day.

"A Certain Young Man" is a classic romantic comedy. Silent Era lists this film as "survival status: unknown". It is not available for viewing, so we have to rely on newspaper articles from the 1920ies. If you have any information about a surviving copy of the film please let us know.

Here are just a few of the reviews for this film:

A COCKTAIL OF ROMANCE.

In his newest Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring vehicle, "A Certain Young Man" Ramon Novarro, the star of "Ben Hur" appears with a moustache and monocle, attired in the very height of London fashion. But after he meets the right girl he discards his former life in its entirety. A real love story develops, as charmingly romantic as any he has ever appeared in, and all done in an ultra-modern vein. Elaborate reproductions of London town houses, Bond Street shops, the gorgeous pavilion at Biarritz, and other colorful backgrounds were elaborately constructed for the new picture, one of the most ambitious Novarro vehicles of the present season.

The cast assembled for "A Certain Young Man" is particularly worthy of note. Opposite the star, pretty and talented Marceline Day gives a most appealing performance. It will be recalled that she was Novarro's leading lady in "The Road to Romance", and most people thought this couple ideally matched. Then there are Renée Adoree, and Carmel Myers, who play the role of sirens and they are fascinating! Bert Roach, as a trusting husband, provides the right amount of comedy relief for this sparkling cocktail of romance.( Northern Argus)

Novarro in a modern dress suit proves even more romantic than in a uniform and will probably make the modern flappers' hearts throb at an even livelier rate than lie did in his famous costume pictures.(Mirror)

... a bored youth who is pursued relentlessly by a flock of feminine admirers... he falls for the charms of a particularly pretty young thing whose sincerity and wholesomeness are as alluring as the make-believe tactics of the others are false. (Motion Picture World)

Picture patrons should find "A Certain Young Man" much to their liking. It is a light story, with plenty of mirth, and holds the attention from start to finish. The picture concerns the adventures of Lord Gerald Brinsley, a young English nobleman. London society regards him as the most handsome and eligible of males. "A Certain Young Man" is a romance with Ramon Novarro the center of a swirl of fashionable admirers, and even when he meets the right girl complications ensue which provide a touch of drama and a most unexpected, though fortunate ending.

Marceline Day appears opposite the star as leading lady, and, as usual, acquits herself with the highest honors. (Evening Post)

Click to enlarge: