Young Desire (film)

Young Desire is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Winnifred Reeve, C. Gardner Sullivan and Matt Taylor. The film stars Mary Nolan, William Janney, Ralf Harolde, Mae Busch, George Irving and Claire McDowell. The film was released on June 8, 1930, by Universal Pictures.

Plot
Determined to change her own life, dancer Helen runs away from the carnival show where she worked. In the meantime she falls in love with a rich boy, Bobby, but his parents are against their relationship.

Plot with Spoiler
Helen Herbert works as a dancer for a carnival show. She is determined to change her life and find a more dignified one, she flees from her despotic boss Blackie. While trying to steal some oranges due to hunger, she meets Bobby Spencer. The young man seems to immediately take a liking to her and offers her to follow him to Spencerville, the city where he lives. He offers her housing until she can pay her own rent, but in the meantime they fall in love and Bobby asks to marry her. She willingly accepts, but his parents are categorically against it due to the girl's scandalous past. Bobby's mother goes to Helen's house personally, to ask her not to meet him again. Recognizing the difficulties it would cause him, she accepts and goes back to being a dancer at the carnival show. Bobby, however, is determined to marry her, so he follows her, but she decides to hide so as not to be found. Although Bobby's father now agrees to the marriage, Helen believes he could only hurt him because of her work as a dancer. So she decides to commit suicide jumping from the hot air balloon at the carnival show. Bobby leaves in tears with his father, deciding to get back on with his life.

Cast

 * Mary Nolan as Helen Herbert
 * William Janney as Bobby Spencer
 * Ralf Harolde as Blackie
 * Mae Busch as May Roberts
 * George Irving as Mr. Spencer
 * Claire McDowell as Mrs. Spencer