Desperate YouthDesperate Youth is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Harry B. Harris and starring Gladys Walton, J. Farrell MacDonald and Louis Willoughby.PlotCast Gladys Walton as Rosemary Merridew J. Farrell MacDonald as 'Mendocino' Bill Louis Willoughby as 'Alabam' Spencer Merridew / Henry Merridew Muriel Godfrey Turner as Mrs. Merridew Hazel Howell as Pauline Merridew Harold Miller as Dr. Tom Dowling Lucretia Harris as Aunt Chlordiny Jim Blackwell as Sam