Two Flaming Youths
“You'll Laugh and Laugh and Then Laugh Some More at the Two Flaming Youths”
Sheriff Ben Holden is in love with hotel owner Madge Malarkey when down-and-out carnival man Gabby Gilfoil shows up hoping to take her for some money. Gilfoil is mistaken for the wanted man Slippery Sawtelle. Neither suitor gets Malarkey but manage to take her husband (wealthy Simeon Trott) for a bundle.
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Cast
19 people
W.C. Fields
Gabby Gilfoil
Known for
The Bank Dick
It's a Gift
Chester Conklin
Sheriff Ben Holden
Known for
Modern Times
The Great Dictator
Mary Brian
Mary Gilfoil
Known for
The Front Page
Jack Luden
Tony Holden
Also in
Rolling Caravans
The Wild Party
George Irving
Simeon Trott
Known for
Bringing Up Baby
Island of Lost Souls
Cissy Fitzgerald
Madge Malarkey
Also in
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Maids a la Mode
James Quinn
Slippery Sawtelle
Also in
The Dance of Life
Come and Get It!
Vivian Duncan
Vivian Duncan
Also in
It's a Great Life
Surprise!
Rosetta Duncan
Rosetta Duncan
Also in
It's a Great Life
Topsy and Eva
Raymond Hatton
Hatton - as Beery and Hatton (uncredited)
Known for
Day the World Ended
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Wallace Beery
Beery - Of Berry and Hatton (uncredited)
Known for
Grand Hotel
Treasure Island
John Aasen
The Giant (uncredited)
Also in
Why Worry?
Legionnaires in Paris
John Waters Director · Percy Heath Story
United States release December 17, 1927 · Produced in United States · Production Paramount Pictures
Production
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · December 17, 1927
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