The Age of Desire
1923, English. Directed by Frank Borzage.
Janet Loring is a young widow with a young son. She marries millionaire Malcolm Trask, but doesn't tell him about her previous marriage or her son, Ranny. Abandoned to the streets by Janet, Ranny eventually moves in with a bookseller and her granddaughter Margy. As the years go by Janet comes to regret abandoning her son and takes out ads looking for him. Marcio, a vicious blackmailer, sends Ranny to Janet posing as her son, not knowing that the young boy actually is her son. Complications ensue.
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- 1h 0m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Frank BorzageDirector
- Josef SwickardMarcio
- William Collier Jr.Ranny - Age 21
- Frederick TruesdellMalcolm Trask (as Frank Truesdell)
- Bruce GuerinRanny - Age 3
- Frankie LeeRanny - Age 13
- J. Farrell MacDonaldDan Reagan
- Mary Jane IrvingMargy - Age 10
- Myrtle StedmanJanet Loring
- Aggie HerringAnn Reagan
- Mary PhilbinMargy - Age 18
- Edith YorkeGran'ma
- Bess FlowersCast
Details
- Released
- 1 September 1923
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Mary O'Hara, Lenore J. Coffee, Dixie Willson
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The Age of Desire isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 September 1923. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Age of Desire?
The Age of Desire (1923) was directed by Frank Borzage and stars Josef Swickard, William Collier Jr., Frederick Truesdell.