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The Flapper
From Selznick Pictures
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A Southern teen at a ritzy boarding school gets into mischief while acting the sophisticated grownup to impress a suave gentleman and match wits with a pair of jewel thieves.
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Cast & crew
Directed by Alan Crosland
Olive ThomasGenevieve 'Ginger' King
William P. CarletonRichard ChanningTheodore Westman Jr.Bill E. Forbes
Warren CookSenator KingKatherine JohnstonHortense
Arthur HousmanTom MorranLouise LindrothElmina Buttons
Marcia HarrisMiss PaddlesCharles CraigReverand Cushil
Bobby ConnellyKing Jr.Maurice SteuartSchoolboyRussell HewittSchoolboy (uncredited)Similar titles
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Darrick38Aug 24, 2021
Olive Thomas' most famous role. Of her films that remain, this one is in the best condition, and the one that is most available. Olive is credited with being the first "flapper", and starting the trend which would become such a big thing in the 1920's, although she wouldn't live to see any of that. At this point, she was at the top of her game, and engaging in every scene. The film itself is quite likeable. Well-filmed and well-acted, it's a solid movie. Selznick Pictures was… Read more
really putting together films that were nicely put together technically and visually. The snow scene really stands out. Frances Marion, who has been called "the all-time best script and story writer the motion picture world has ever produced", and its most prolific, wrote the scenario and story for this film, one of 325 she would write in her career.