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The Flapper


Date: 1920
Type: Drama / Comedy
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Black and White / Silent
Director: Alan Crosland
Producer:

Comment/Synopsis

A teenage girl from a strict family is sent to a girls boarding school where she meets an older man. She wants to be a worldly wise flapper, however her attempts lead her into getting mixed up in a theft from the school, getting experience of being a flapper, before ending up back at home. The plot is nothing great, but it is well produced and has a good performance Olive Thomas who is quite convincing as a teenager despite being 25.

Actors


Olive ThomasOlive Thomas
Theodore Westman
W P Carleton
Warren Cook
Arthur Housman
Katherine Johnston
Frances Marshall
Marcia Harris

Oscars

None
Production
Selznick Pictures Corporation