Youth Aflame: The Movie
I like the design of this poster, but this movie looks ridiculously awesome (trailer below).
A.k.a. Hoodlum Girls, this “shocking drama of reckless youth” made it to the screen just about the time the idea of “teenage,” as a distinct stage of life, was becoming popular. The problem is, in exposing how teenagers without guidance go wrong, Youth Aflame departs from reality by using adults to play kids. Actors in their thirties whining about not being allowed to stay out late, or eagerly awaiting high school graduation, is just plain… well… weird.
We got two sisters — one good, one bad. We know who’s who right from the beginning when Katy (JOY REESE), the sickeningly good girl, is awakened in the middle of the night by Laura (KAY MORLEY), her tipsy older sister, who sneaks in through the bedroom window. Katy is aghast: “Laura! You had a drink!” Laura exercises further good judgment by taking up with a cheap slug who talks her into pinching her father’s revolver so he can pursue a life of crime: “Swipe me one of your father’s guns and then I’ll really know you love me.” One thing leads to another and the mousy good girl gets shot in the head. –
