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The Flapper (1920) was a Comedy - Silent Films Film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Myron Selznick.

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Beyond the flapper: Women's lot in the '20s

By carole_and_co on Dec 28, 2019 From Carole & Co.

There are many Carole Lombard photographic "holy grails," and among them is visual proof of her carefree time in dance contests at the legendary Cocoanut Grove in 1925, while a starlet at Fox. She competed with, and occasionally beat, the likes of fellow flapper Joan Crawford until an auto... Read full article


The flapper

By Carol Martinheira on Oct 2, 2015 From The Old Hollywood Garden

The flapper On October 2, 2015October 3, 2015 By CarolMartinheira The tragic death of Olive Thomas in 1920 is widely thought to be one of the first major Hollywood scandals. Weirdly enough, like many silent movie actors and actresses, most of her movies are lost and he... Read full article


Rap music for the flapper generation (seriously)

By Vanessa Buttino on Mar 24, 2014 From Stardust

Rap music for the flapper generation (seriously) You gotta fight -- for your right -- to PARRTTAAYY! This is going to seem like a far stretch, I promise you. I was driving to work last Friday morning, listening to The Beastie Boys' License To Ill album. So many hits came off of that album ... Read full article


The Flapper (1920) e o triste fim de sua protagonista

By L? on Mar 8, 2012 From Critica Retro

The Flapper (1920) e o triste fim de sua protagonista Considerada uma das mais belas mulheres de seu tempo, Olive Thomas ironizou, em um dos seus ?ltimos filmes, uma moda que estava nascendo e governaria durante toda a d?cada de 1920: a ousada e sensual “flapper”. Se tivesse vivido ... Read full article


The Flapper (1920) e o triste fim de sua protagonista

By L? on Mar 8, 2012 From Critica Retro

The Flapper (1920) e o triste fim de sua protagonista Considerada uma das mais belas mulheres de seu tempo, Olive Thomas ironizou, em um dos seus ?ltimos filmes, uma moda que estava nascendo e governaria durante toda a d?cada de 1920: a ousada e sensual “flapper”. Se tivesse vivido... Read full article


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