Fascinating Youth (1926)
Comedy • 1h 10m
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Jack Luden, Roland Drew, Thelma Todd, Richard Dix, Adolphe Menjou, Clara Bow, Ivy Harris, Claude Buchanan, Mona Palma, Josephine Dunn, Thelda Kenvin, Jean Fenwick, Dorothy Nourse, Irving Hartley, Gregory Blackton, Robert Andrews, Charles Brokaw, Iris Gray, Ralph Lewis, Joseph Burke, James Bradbury Sr., Harry Sweet, William Black, Lois Wilson, Percy Marmont, Chester Conklin, Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, Lewis Milestone, Malcolm St. Clair, Norval Baptie, Gladys Lamb
Not available on home video
No print of this film is known to survive, so there is no edition to buy. Archives occasionally recover lost titles. silentera.com tracks surviving material and any new finds.
About the film
Playboy Teddy Ward wants to marry Jeannie King, an artist, but his father wants him to marry Loris Lane, but tells Teddy he can marry whom he pleases if he will make the Mountain Inn a profitable operation. Teddy agrees, and with the support of his friends arranges an ice-boat race with a $10,000 prize to the winner. A problem arises when his father refuses to pay such an amount. Teddy thinks one of his friends will win the race and refuse the prize, but champion racer "Duke" Slade shows up and Teddy knows he will take the money. Some movie stars show up and, while using their own names, are definitely not playing "Self" in this fictional film.
Director: Sam Wood
Probably Kino Lorber Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
While no comparison is available, this is indeed a new 4K restoration. However it has its problem like not scanned from best surviving prints due to some issues, or technicolor out of alignment but seems to be still better than older releases
Director: Sam Wood
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Peter Jackson
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Both will look identical in motion but the Turbine looks marginally better due to a higher bitrate allocation by each cut being given its own disc, whereas Arrow had FiM seamlessly branch the two onto one. However, Arrow has both cuts in Open Matte (on Blu-Ray) and corrected the opening Universal logo's aspect ratio. https://slow.pics/c/McvVcYDG
TV series
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Director: Rob Reiner
Arrow 4K Blu-ray releasing December 14 2026
Like many of Capelight's other releases, the 4K Blu-ray is low-passed but still looks good.
30th Anniversary Shout! Factory BD has the original stereo mix
Director: Jacques Tati
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)
Director: Jacques Tati
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)
Director: Jacques Tati
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)
> BFI. New restoration unreleased.
Old R2 DVD 1.0
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)
Director: Jacques Tati
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)
2014 StudioCanal Blu-ray
The UHD is slightly cropped in.
Director: Ben Stiller
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