The Age of Desire
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Directed by	Frank Borzage
Written by	Mary O'Hara Dixie Willson Lenore J. Coffee (titles)
Produced by	Arthur H. Jacobs
Starring	Josef Swickard William Collier Jr. Mary Philbin Myrtle Stedman
Cinematography	Chester A. Lyons
Distributed by	Associated First National
Release date	September 1923 (1923-09)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Age of Desire is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Josef Swickard, William Collier Jr., and Mary Philbin. It was distributed through Associated First National Pictures.^[1][2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Janet Loring deserts her young son Ranny when she marries the millionaire Malcolm Trask. Ranny becomes the tool of a criminal, but saves all of the money he gets so he can buy a home for the young woman that he loves. His mother misses him, and attempts to locate him by advertising for him. As a scheme, the crook sends Ranny in response to the advertisement, not knowing that he is really her son. Ranny takes money from his mother, but then becomes conscience stricken, and admits to her that he is an imposter. However, she convinces him that he belongs to her. Ranny promises to go straight, and Trask is happy to have a son. Ranny marries his sweetheart.

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Preservation

With no prints of The Age of Desire located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.