''The Flirt'' is a 1922 American silent
comedy film
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directed by
Hobart Henley
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. The cast included
George Nichols,
Lloyd Whitlock
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,
Lydia Knott
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Biography
Knott was born in Tyner, Indiana, the daughter of Lambert and Clarissa Kn ...
,
William Welsh,
Helen Jerome Eddy
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Edd ...
,
Bert Roach
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Selected filmogr ...
,
Eileen Percy
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Biography
Born in Belfast in August 1902, Percy lived in Brooklyn, New York, briefly ...
,
Edward Hearn,
Harold Goodwin, and
Buddy Messinger
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. It was based on Tarkington's 1913 novel ''The Flirt''. It was a
Carl Laemmle
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Regarded as one of the most important o ...
film produced by
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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. The story features a girl who insist on having things her way. A film edition of the book was published in 1922 with film stills. Sheet music for a theme song, "The Flirt; Whose Heart Are You Breaking To-Night" was also released in 1922.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, the Madison family is short of money though Papa Madison's name is good. Cora, one daughter, is selfish, lazy, and intolerant, but pretty. Her sister Laura is a reflection of her gentle mother, while Hendrick is the little pest of a kid brother. Cora's flirtations with the men of the town, the struggle of the father to make a living, how he becomes involved in a
confidence game
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Sylvie (Y ...
, and the eventual triumph of love make a blend of drama and comedy.
Cast
Preservation
''The Flirt'' is considered to be a
lost film
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References
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1922 films
1920s English-language films
Silent American comedy films
1922 comedy films
Universal Pictures films
Films directed by Hobart Henley
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
1920s American films