The Dangerous Flirt

The Dangerous Flirt
The Dangerous Flirt
Directed by	Tod Browning
Written by	Richard Schayer
Based on	"The Prude"; by Julie Herne
Produced by	Gothic Pictures
Starring	Evelyn Brent; Edward Earle
Cinematography	Lucien Andriot; Maynard Rugg
Production; company	Gothic Pictures
Distributed by	Film Booking Offices of America
Release date	October 19, 1924;
Running time	6 reels 1,614 meters (5,297.014 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (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

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

Evelyn Brent as Sheila Fairfax
Edward Earle as Dick Morris
Sheldon Lewis as Don Alfonso
Clarissa Selwynne as Aunt Prissy
Pierre Gendron as Captain Jose Gonzales

Production

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

References

^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Dangerous Flirt at silentera.com
^ Kear, Lynn (2009). Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-7864-4363-5.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Dangerous Flirt
^ The American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films:1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971

External links

The Dangerous Flirt at IMDb

[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.

[NY_Times-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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