Young and Willing

Young and Willing

83 mins | Drama | Feb. 5, 1943

For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United Artists' films during the war years, this is another one of the Paramount productions that was sold to United Artists in the early-40's when U.A. was having trouble meeting their exhibitor contracts because of lack of product, mainly due to their loss of production in England. A group of starving, but young and willing, actors band together to share finances and an apartment. Norman Reese (William Holden) orders no love nonsense between the boys and girls till they are set on broadway, but Marge Benson (Barbara Britton) and Tony Dennison (James Beown) are already secretly married. A friend drops in to see Dottie Coburn (Martha O'Driscoll) and is shocked to find the boys and girls sharing the same apartment and insists it is her duty to inform Dottie's father (Jay Fassett.)

Young and Willing

83 mins | Drama | Feb. 5, 1943

Young and Willing
For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United Artists' films during the war years, this is another one of the Paramount productions that was sold to United Artists in the early-40's when U.A. was having trouble meeting their exhibitor contracts because of lack of product, mainly due to their loss of production in England. A group of starving, but young and willing, actors band together to share finances and an apartment. Norman Reese (William Holden) orders no love nonsense between the boys and girls till they are set on broadway, but Marge Benson (Barbara Britton) and Tony Dennison (James Beown) are already secretly married. A friend drops in to see Dottie Coburn (Martha O'Driscoll) and is shocked to find the boys and girls sharing the same apartment and insists it is her duty to inform Dottie's father (Jay Fassett.)
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers
Original title Young and Willing
Directors Edward H. Griffith
Writers Virginia Van Upp

Cast

William Holden

as Norman Reese

Eddie Bracken

as George Bodell

Susan Hayward

as Kate Benson

Robert Benchley

as Arthur Kenny

Martha O'Driscoll

as Dottie Coburn

Barbara Britton

as Marge Benson Dennison

Mabel Paige

as Mrs. Garnet

Florence MacMichael

as Muriel Foster

James Brown

as Tony Dennison

Jay Fassett

as J.T. Coburn