Young Nowheres
Young Nowheres is a 1929 American drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Richard Barthelmess, Marian Nixon and Bert Roach. It was produced and released by First National Pictures with a Vitaphone soundtrack in both silent and sound versions.

Plot 
Albert "Binky" Whalen operates an elevator in an apartment house. With his boss away for Christmas, he takes his girlfriend Annie to Coney Island, but she catches a severe cold. After taking her to the hospital, Binky moves her into his employer's temporarily vacant luxury apartment.

Cast
 Richard Barthelmess as Albert 'Binky' Whalen  
 Marian Nixon as Annie Jackson  
 Bert Roach as Mr. Jesse  
 Anders Randolf as Cleaver  
 Ray Turner as George  
 Jocelyn Lee as Brunette
 Scott Seaton as Judge

Background 
Ida Alexa Ross Wylie's short story of the same name was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1927. Director Louis King read the story and bought the rights in order to adapt it for the screen. He approached Richard Barthelmess, who had played a similar role in Tol'able David (1921), for the lead role, but First National Pictures refused to lend Barthelmess for the project. Barthelmess acquired the story rights from King in early 1929 and persuaded First National to produce the film.

The story was again adapted in 1937's That Man's Here Again, directed by King.

Preservation status
The film's status is listed as unknown, suggesting that it may be lost.

See also
 List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

References

Bibliography
 Hans J. Wollstein. Strangers in Hollywood: the history of Scandinavian actors in American films from 1910 to World War II. Scarecrow Press, 1994.

External links

1929 films
1929 drama films
American drama films
Films directed by Frank Lloyd
1920s English-language films
First National Pictures films
American black-and-white films
Films based on works by I. A. R. Wylie
1920s American films
Films set in Coney Island