Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920)
"When all the world is old, lad, and all the trees are brown; And all the sport is stale lad, And all the wheels run down." We'll go and seek our youth, lad, And make old dreams come true. We'll find some one to love, lad, And make this old world new.
Género : Comedia, Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 15M
Director : William C. de Mille
Sinopsis
Conrad Warrener, a man of near middle-age, reflects nostalgically on the happy times of his youth and decides to recapture them. However, what he learns about the "second time around" is neither what he expected nor what he hoped for.
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