The Age of Desire

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Josef Swickard Marcio

William Collier Jr. Ranny - Age 21

Frederick Truesdell Malcolm Trask (as Frank Truesdell)

Bruce Guerin Ranny - Age 3

Frankie Lee Ranny - Age 13