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Young and Willing is a american film of genre Drama directed by Virginia Van Upp released in USA on 5 february 1943 with William Holden

Young and Willing (1943)

Young and Willing
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Released in USA 5 february 1943
Length 1h23
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating57% 2.855682.855682.855682.855682.85568

Young and Willing is a 1943 American comedy film produced and directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Robert Benchley, and Susan Hayward. With a screenplay by Virginia Van Upp based on the play Out of the Frying Pan by Francis Swann, the film is about young, aspiring actors—three men and three women—who combine their resources and move into the same apartment, hoping to keep the landlady in the dark until they can become famous. Young and Willing was made by Paramount Pictures (as Cinema Guild Productions) and distributed by United Artists.

Synopsis

Struggling young actors (three males and three females) share an apartment to make ends meet. This scenario is pretty daring considering the conservative and censorious attitudes of that period. The landlady provides a play to the actors that turns out to have been left behind long ago by a destitute, evicted tenant (Robert Benchley). That former tenant is now a successful theater producer and playwright who has recently taken a room in his old haunts to recharge his creativity and try to rewrite his first play—one that the landlady had kept when he was evicted. The young actors attempt to sell his own play to him. Complications begin when Cousin Muriel (Florence MacMichael) visits and discovers the sinful cohabitation; she tattles to her folks, who charge over to investigate and drag the daughters home. Silliness and mayhem ensue, propelled by Muriel's actions and highlighted by her unique little-girl, tattletale voice.

Actors

William Holden

(Norman Reese)Eddie Bracken

(George Bodell)Robert Benchley

(Arthur Kenny)Susan Hayward

(Kate Benson)James Brown
And :
Martha O' Driscoll
Barbara Britton
Mabel Paige
James Brown
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