The Flapper

May 10, 1920

1h 28m

★ 6.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Selznick Pictures

The Flapper Trailers

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Cast

Genevieve 'Ginger' King

Olive Thomas

Richard Channing

William P. Carleton

Bill E. Forbes

Theodore Westman Jr.

Senator King

Warren Cook

Hortense

Katherine Johnston

Tom Morran

Arthur Housman

Elmina Buttons

Louise Lindroth

Miss Paddles

Marcia Harris

Reverand Cushil

Charles Craig

King Jr.

Bobby Connelly

Schoolboy

Maurice Steuart

Schoolboy (uncredited)

Russell Hewitt

A resourceful landlady rents the same room to two men: the commercial clerk Zimt, who is at work during the day, and the conductor of a café orchestra Zucker, who has to work all night. After all kinds of turbulence, the trick comes to light and the two bitter enemies Zucker and Zimt eventually become good friends.

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0.0

The Housing Shortage

Feb 6, 1920

The plot of the lost film is divided into two acts. Ossi Oswalda and Victor Janson play two apartment seekers, while Marga Köhler is a landlady. The housing shortage is treated in sketch form and "in a joking manner [...] the real housing calamity", whereby "humorous aspects" are wrested from the "tragedy." Lubitsch and Kräly used a sketch in the film that they had written especially for Ossi Oswalda.

0.0

Prinz Sami

Jan 1, 1918

Prince Sami comes from Nigeria and is an uncivilized "nature boy." He is sent to the highly civilized court of Duchess Maria of Arragon, where he initially causes chaos. In the end, however, he becomes the duchess's husband.

0.0

My Wife, the Movie Star

Jan 24, 1919

While making a movie in the Alps, the female star falls in love with a nobleman.

6.4

Ice Princess

Mar 17, 2005

With the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the Zamboni, nothing can stop Casey Carlyle from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.

5.0

Say It with Sables

Jul 13, 1928

In this silent film, now considered lost, Doug Caswell falls for Irene, his wealthy father's mistress. It's up to Doug's stepmother Helen to put things right.

5.5

So This Is Love

Feb 6, 1928

So This is Love? was another early Frank Capra production for fledgling Columbia Pictures. The hero, dress designer Jerry McGuire (William Collier Jr.), is tired of being considered a wimp. After business hours, Jerry secretly takes boxing lessons, enabling him to knock the stuffings out of his burly rival Spike Mullins (Johnnie Walker). Jerry's newfound pugilistic skills wins him the affections of store clerk Hilda Jensen (Shirley Mason), who's just car-razy about "cave men." Filmed in a fast three weeks, So This is Love? was completed before Frank Capra's Matinee Idol but released afterward. Leading lady Shirley Mason was the sister of Viola Dana, who starred in Capra's initial Columbia effort, That Certain Thing.

5.5

Suburban Girl

Apr 27, 2007

Publishing assistant Brett Eisenberg wants to be a big-time editor. However, she lacks self-confidence, a problem that isn't helped by her new, overbearing boss. Brett soon enters into a relationship with Archie, an older man who has plenty of his own issues, including alcoholism, diabetes and a difficult relationship with his daughter. Intent on helping Archie get past his problems, she turns to her dying father for advice.

6.0

The Machine Girl

Jan 2, 2008

The life of a young, Japanese schoolgirl is destroyed when her family is killed by a Ninja-Yakuza family. Her hand cut off, she replaces it with various machines-of-death, and seeks revenge.

6.7

Wild Child

Aug 15, 2008

Sixteen-year-old Poppy has everything her unlimited credit cards can buy, and a spoiled attitude to match. After a final thoughtless prank, her exasperated father ships her off to boarding school in England. There, Poppy meets her match in a stern headmistress and a class full of girls who will not tolerate her selfishness.

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Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 10: Fauny Business

Jan 10, 1927

The tarvelling party inluding Cicero Simps (Michael Powell) move to St. Paul de vence and la Colombe d'Or ans showcases a dreamcase in which he dreams he's a faun.

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0.0

Les Boys

Dec 1, 1965

Shorty is unable to wake Swifty for their fishing trip and finally takes drastic measures in order to ensure they both make it to the lake.

6.8

She's the Man

Mar 17, 2006

Viola Hastings is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for Sebastian! As if that were not enough, Viola's twin returns from London ahead of schedule but has no idea that his sister has already replaced him on campus.

7.4

The Triplets of Belleville

Jun 11, 2003

When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters—an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire—to rescue him.

10.0

A Place of Our Own

Mar 23, 2014

No overview available.

6.6

The Rink

Dec 4, 1916

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

6.7

The Pawnshop

Oct 2, 1916

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.