
The Fountain of Youth
TV Movie · Drama
Overview
A darkly comic fable about vanity and desire, "The Fountain of Youth" follows a newly married couple whose relationship is destabilized by the arrival of a potion that promises centuries of youth and beauty—but in a quantity sufficient for only one person. As temptation and resentment grow, the gift becomes a catalyst for moral and emotional collapse. Written, directed, and narrated by Orson Welles and based on John Collier’s short story “Youth from Vienna,” the film uses stylized narration and experimental visual techniques to construct a compact essay on human vanity. (Note: Originally produced in 1956 as a television pilot and broadcast once in 1958 as part of NBC’s Colgate Theatre anthology series (S1E5); it later achieved independent archival and cultural status, including a 1958 Peabody Award.)
Top Cast


Marjorie Bennett
Marjorie Bennett
journalist
Marjorie Bennett
journalist


Madge Blake
Madge Blake
journalist
Madge Blake
journalist


Billy House
Billy House
Albert Morgan
Billy House
Albert Morgan


Rick Jason
Rick Jason
Alan Brody
Rick Jason
Alan Brody


Nancy Kulp
Nancy Kulp
Stella Morgan
Nancy Kulp
Stella Morgan


Joi Lansing
Joi Lansing
Carolyn Coates
Joi Lansing
Carolyn Coates


Dan Tobin
Dan Tobin
Humphrey Baxter
Dan Tobin
Humphrey Baxter


Orson Welles
Orson Welles
the narrator
Orson Welles
the narrator



















