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The Flapper

192088 minUnited States
Comedy
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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
85:28
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Synopsis

A restless teenager is sent from a restrictive Florida home to a girls' boarding school in New York. The change of setting offers new opportunities for flirtation and invention rather than the obedience her father expects. Pretending to be older draws her toward a sophisticated man and a tangle of appearances she struggles to control.

Cast

DirectorsAlan Crosland

Historical context

Olive Thomas's performance helped bring the image of the independent, fashion-conscious young woman to the screen as the 1920s began. The film approaches the emerging flapper identity through adolescent experimentation and the gap between an assumed persona and actual experience.

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