# Under Eighteen

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{{short description|1931 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Under Eighteen
| image          = Poster of the movie Under 18.jpg
| caption        =
| director       = [Archie Mayo](/source/Archie_Mayo)
| producer       = 
| based_on       = {{based on|''Sky Life''<br>1929 story in ''[Everybody's Magazine](/source/Everybody's_Magazine)''|[Frank Mitchell Dazey](/source/Frank_Mitchell_Dazey)<br>[Agnes Christine Johnston](/source/Agnes_Christine_Johnston)}}
| writer         = [Charles Kenyon](/source/Charles_Kenyon)
| narrator       =
| starring       = [Marian Marsh](/source/Marian_Marsh)<br>[Anita Page](/source/Anita_Page)<br>[Regis Toomey](/source/Regis_Toomey)<br>[Warren William](/source/Warren_William)
| music          = [Leo F. Forbstein](/source/Leo_F._Forbstein)
| cinematography = [Barney McGill](/source/Barney_McGill)
| editing        = George Marks
| studio         = [Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.](/source/Warner_Bros._Pictures%2C_Inc.)
| released       = {{Film date|1931|12|24|New York City}}
| runtime        = 80 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         =
| gross          =
}}

'''''Under Eighteen''''' is a 1931 American [pre-Code](/source/Pre-Code_Hollywood) romantic [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Archie Mayo](/source/Archie_Mayo) and starring [Marian Marsh](/source/Marian_Marsh), [Anita Page](/source/Anita_Page), [Regis Toomey](/source/Regis_Toomey) and [Warren William](/source/Warren_William). It is based on the short story "Sky Life" by [Frank Mitchell Dazey](/source/Frank_Mitchell_Dazey) and [Agnes Christine Johnston](/source/Agnes_Christine_Johnston).

==Plot==
A wealthy Broadway producer tries to take advantage of a poor young seamstress who needs money to help her sister divorce her worthless husband.

==Cast==
* [Marian Marsh](/source/Marian_Marsh) as Margie Evans
* [Anita Page](/source/Anita_Page) as Sophie
* [Regis Toomey](/source/Regis_Toomey) as Jimmie Slocum
* [Warren William](/source/Warren_William) as Raymond Harding
* [Norman Foster](/source/Norman_Foster_(director)) as Alf
* [Joyce Compton](/source/Joyce_Compton) as Sybil
* [J. Farrell MacDonald](/source/J._Farrell_MacDonald) as Pop Evans
* [Claire Dodd](/source/Claire_Dodd) as Babsy
* [Paul Porcasi](/source/Paul_Porcasi) as François
* [Maude Eburne](/source/Maude_Eburne) as Mrs. McCarthy
* [Murray Kinnell](/source/Murray_Kinnell) as Peterson
* [Dorothy Appleby](/source/Dorothy_Appleby) as Elsie

==Reception==
In his ''[New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'' review, [Mordaunt Hall](/source/Mordaunt_Hall) described the film as "earnest, rather than intelligent."<ref>{{cite news | last = Hall | first = Mordaunt | author-link = Mordaunt Hall | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/12/26/archives/the-screen-janet-gaynor-in-a-sentimental-romance-with-musical.html |title=The Screen; ... Poor but Honest. |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=December 26, 1931}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0022517}}
* {{TCMDb title|3080}}
* {{AFI film|4747}}

{{Archie Mayo}}

Category:1931 romantic drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American romantic drama films
Category:Films based on short fiction
Category:Films directed by Archie Mayo
Category:Warner Bros. films
Category:1931 films
Category:1931 English-language films
Category:1931 American films
Category:English-language romantic drama films

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