The Cinefamily (Venue Partner)
611 N Fairfax Avenue
323.655.2510
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The Flapper
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Wednesday Feb 3, 2010 (8pm)
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- Price
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$12
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Whenever we hear "flapper girl", we all think of the head-turningly beautiful, wise-cracking Jazz Age lass with the bobbed hair who's the life of the party — but before the popularization of that image, there was The Flapper, the film that started it all, featuring of the most popular stars of the 1920s (but an elusive name to us now,) Olive Thomas. Written by influential female screenwriter Frances Marion, the story follows a teenage girl cursed with being full of life in a Footloose-style morally restrictive Florida town. She just wants to have some innocent fun and be herself, but her wily ways, along with her loose-laced shoes (her "flapper" boots) give her away to anyone who thinks she's a prim and proper maid. Add to this scenes of Olive in high society (decked out in jewelry and fancy clothes) as she aids some jewel thieves, and you've got a proto-It Girl that'll steal your heart and leave you charmed.
Dir. Alan Crosland, 1920, 35mm, 88 min. (Restored 35mm print courtesy of The George Eastman House)
