{{short description|1924 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Flapper Wives | image = Flapper Wives (SAYRE 14340).jpg | caption = Film still | director = Jane Murfin<br>Justin H. McCloskey (assistant director) | writer = Laurence Trimble | based_on = {{basedon|''Flapper Wives''|Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin}} | producer = Jane Murfin <br> Laurence Trimble | starring = May Allison <br> Rockliffe Fellowes <br> Vera Reynolds<br>Edward Everett Horton<br>Brawn | cinematography = Connie De Roo <br> King D. Gray | editing = | music = | studio = Trimble-Murfin Productions<ref name="AFI"/> | distributor = Selznick Pictures | released = {{Film date|1924|02|23}} | runtime = 7 reels | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = | gross = }} '''''Flapper Wives''''' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Jane Murfin and starring May Allison, Rockliffe Fellowes, and Vera Reynolds.<ref>Rainey p. 70</ref> It is the only film Murfin directed; Justin H. McCloskey is credited as assistant director. The film was produced by Trimble-Murfin Productions during Murfin's partnership with Laurence Trimble, and distributed by Selznick Pictures.<ref name="AFI"/>
==Cast== [[File:Flapper Wives (1924) - 1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Trade magazine advertisement by Al Hirschfeld]] * May Allison as Claudia Bigelow * Rockliffe Fellowes as Stephen Carey * Vera Reynolds as Sadie Callahan * Edward Everett Horton as Vincent Platt * Harry Mestayer as Charles Bigelow * William V. Mong as Enoch Metcalf * Eddie Phillips as Tony * Tom O'Brien as Tim Callahan * Evelyn Selbie as Hulda * Robert Dudley as Lem * Stanley Goethals as Jimsy * J.C. Fowler as Dr. Oliver Lee * Brawn as Wolf<ref name="AFI">{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/9093-FLAPPER-WIVES |title=Flapper Wives |work=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |access-date=July 11, 2025}}</ref>
Brawn, a male German Shepherd, was sired by Strongheart.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=July 11, 1924 |title=Flapper Wives (advertisement) |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flapper_Wives_ad_Atlantic_City_Gazette_Review_1924-07-11.jpg |work=Atlantic City Gazette-Review |location= |publisher= |access-date=July 11, 2025}}</ref>
==Preservation== With no copies of ''Flapper Wives'' located in any film archives,<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5301/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Flapper Wives'']</ref> it is a lost film.
==References== {{reflist}}
==Bibliography== * Rainey, Buck. ''Sweethearts of the Sage: Biographies and Filmographies of 258 Actresses Appearing in Western Movies''. McFarland & Company, 1992. {{ISBN|0899505651}}
==External links== {{commons category|Flapper Wives}} *{{IMDb title|0014908}}
Category:1924 films Category:1924 drama films Category:1924 English-language films Category:American silent feature films Category:American silent drama films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Justin H. McCloskey Category:Films directed by Jane Murfin Category:Selznick Pictures films Category:1924 American films Category:English-language drama films
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