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The Dangerous Flirt

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The Dangerous Flirt
Directed byTod Browning
Written byRichard Schayer
Based on"The Prude"
by Julie Herne[1]
Produced byGothic Pictures
StarringEvelyn Brent
Edward Earle
CinematographyLucien Andriot
Maynard Rugg
Production
company
Gothic Pictures
Distributed byFilm Booking Offices of America
Release date
  • October 19, 1924 (1924-10-19)
Running time
6 reels 1,614 meters (5,297.014 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Dangerous Flirt (also released as A Dangerous Flirtation)[2] is a 1924 American melodrama directed by Tod Browning and starring Evelyn Brent and Edward Earle.[3]

Plot

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As described in a review in a film magazine,[4] Sheila Fairfax (Brent), reared by a puritanical aunt, is stupidly old-fashioned. Captain Ramon Jose (Gendron) inveigles her into becoming engaged to him but she breaks it. Dick Morris (Earle), a mining engineer, gallantly whisks her away and they are married. Sheila’s puritanical training makes her an easy prey to fears on her wedding night. Dick misunderstands her timidity for disgust and leaves her. She follows him to South America and they become the guests of Don Alfonso, uncle of Ramon Jose. The Don and Jose vie for her regard and in a fight Jose is killed by his uncle. Dick faces a firing squad under the Don’s orders but Sheila saves him by a ruse and they escape, happily reunited.

Cast

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Preservation

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With no prints of The Dangerous Flirt located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Dangerous Flirt at silentera.com
  2. ^ Kear, Lynn (2009). Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-7864-4363-5.
  3. ^ Hans J. Wollstein (2011). "The Dangerous Flirt". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2008.
  4. ^ Smith, Sumner (December 6, 1924). "The Dangerous Flirt; Evelyn Brent Scores in F. B. O. Story of a Girl Ignorant of Life". The Moving Picture World. 71 (6). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 544. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  5. ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Dangerous Flirt
  6. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films:1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
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