Experience (1921 film)

Experience is a 1921 American silent morality drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The allegorical film was directed by George Fitzmaurice and starred Richard Barthelmess. It was based on George V. Hobart's successful 1914 Broadway play of the same name. It was the film debut of Lilyan Tashman.

Experience is presumed to be a lost film.

Cast

 * Richard Barthelmess as Youth
 * Reginald Denny (unidentified role)
 * John Miltern as Experience
 * Marjorie Daw as Love
 * E. J. Ratcliffe as Ambition
 * Betty Carpenter as Hope
 * Kate Bruce as Mother
 * Lilyan Tashman as Pleasure
 * R. Senior as Opportunity
 * Joseph W. Smiley as Chance
 * Fred Hadley as Tout
 * Harry J. Lane as Despair
 * Helen Ray as Intoxication
 * Jed Prouty as Good Nature
 * Barney Furey as Poverty
 * Charles A. Stevenson as Wealth
 * Edna Wheaton as Beauty
 * Yvonne Routon as Fashion
 * Ned Hay as Sport
 * Sibyl Carmen as Excitement
 * Robert Schable as Conceit
 * Nita Naldi as Temptation
 * Frank Evans as Work
 * Frank McCormack as Delusion
 * Louis Wolheim as Crime
 * Agnes Marc as Habit
 * Mrs. Gallagher as Degradation
 * Florence Flinn as Frailty
 * Mac Barnes as Makeshift
 * Leslie King as Gloom
 * Leslie Banks (unidentified role)

Production
Some of the minor roles were filled through contests held in various cities, which gave advance publicity for the film. For example, Edna Wheaton was selected for the role of "Beauty" through a contest run by the New York Daily News.