New Morals for Old

Plot

New Morals for Old was the teasing title for a somewhat sedate film about the ongoing rejection of middle-class values by the youth of America. Robert Young, Myrna Loy, Donald Cook and Margaret Perry are among the freethinking young folk whose attitudes clash with those of their elders (including Lewis Stone, Laura Hope Crews and Jean Hersholt). The film's main crisis is nothing more scandalous than Robert Young's plans to pursue an art career over his father's objections. In an ironic coda, the younger people eventually marry, settle down, and become moralistic fuddy-duddies themselves. New Morals for Old was based on the John Van Druten play After All, which was set in London and thus added class consciousness to the basic generation-gap theme. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Robert Young - Ralph Thomas
• Margaret Perry - Phyllis Thomas
• Myrna Loy - Myra

David Newell - Duff; Jean Hersholt - Hallett; Kathryn Crawford - Zoe; Louise Closser Hale - Mrs. Warburton; Mitchell Lewis - Bodvin, French Artist; Elizabeth Patterson - Aunty Doe; Lillian Harmer - Maid; Donald Cook; Laura Hope Crewes - Mrs. Thomas; Ruth Selwyn - Estelle; Lewis Stone - Mr.Thomas

Credit

Charles J. Brabin - Director, William S. Gray - Editor, John Mescall - Cinematographer, Zelda Sears - Screenwriter, Wanda Tuchock - Screenwriter, John van Druten - Play Author

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