“A RED-HOT COLLEGE ROMANCE WITH FUN, PEP, YOUTH AFLAME”
Clean-cut Hugh Carver, a promising freshman, arrives at Sanford College with lofty ideals. His focus on academics and sports is quickly derailed when he falls for popular flapper Cynthia Day and her modern, carefree attitude plus—as the title suggests—her bold red lips. As Hugh is drawn into a world of jazz, late-night parties, and "petting" sessions, his grades suffer. As he struggles to balance the temptations of the era’s rebellious youth culture with his personal integrity and athletic ambitions Hugh must decide if his romance with Cynthia is worth the potential ruin of his future.
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Cast
8 people
Marian Nixon
Cynthia Day
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Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Hugh Carver / Buddy
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Stanley Taylor
Stewart Freeman / Carl Peters
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Scrambled Weddings
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Hayden Stevenson
'Pop' Moultin
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Andy Devine
A Sophmore / Professor Fountain
Known for
Robin Hood
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Robert Seiter
Roache
Known for
The Sign of the Cross
Hugh Trevor
'Spike' Blair / Norris Parker
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Earl McCarthy
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Melville W. Brown Director · Tom Reed Writer James T. O'Donohoe Writer
United States release December 2, 1928 · Produced in United States · Working title The Plastic Age
Production
Universal Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
The Plastic Age
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · December 2, 1928
Theatrical
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