# Flapper Wives

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{{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](/source/Jane_Murfin)<br>[Justin H. McCloskey](/source/Justin_H._McCloskey) (assistant director) 
| writer         = [Laurence Trimble](/source/Laurence_Trimble)
| based_on       = {{basedon|''Flapper Wives''|[Jane Cowl](/source/Jane_Cowl) and Jane Murfin}}
| producer       = Jane Murfin <br> Laurence Trimble
| starring       = [May Allison](/source/May_Allison) <br> [Rockliffe Fellowes](/source/Rockliffe_Fellowes) <br> [Vera Reynolds](/source/Vera_Reynolds)<br>[Edward Everett Horton](/source/Edward_Everett_Horton)<br>Brawn
| cinematography = [Connie De Roo](/source/Connie_De_Roo) <br> [King D. Gray](/source/King_D._Gray)
| editing        = 
| music          = 
| studio         = Trimble-Murfin Productions<ref name="AFI"/>
| distributor    = [Selznick Pictures](/source/Selznick_Pictures)
| released       = {{Film date|1924|02|23}}
| runtime        = 7 [reels](/source/film_reel)
| country        = United States
| language       = Silent (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
| budget         = 
| gross          =  
}}
'''''Flapper Wives''''' is a 1924 American [silent](/source/silent_film) [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Jane Murfin](/source/Jane_Murfin) and starring [May Allison](/source/May_Allison), [Rockliffe Fellowes](/source/Rockliffe_Fellowes), and [Vera Reynolds](/source/Vera_Reynolds).<ref>Rainey p. 70</ref> It is the only film Murfin directed;  [Justin H. McCloskey](/source/Justin_H._McCloskey) is credited as assistant director. The film was produced by Trimble-Murfin Productions during Murfin's partnership with [Laurence Trimble](/source/Laurence_Trimble), and distributed by [Selznick Pictures](/source/Selznick_Pictures).<ref name="AFI"/>

==Cast==
[[File:Flapper Wives (1924) - 1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Trade magazine advertisement by [Al Hirschfeld](/source/Al_Hirschfeld)]]
* [May Allison](/source/May_Allison) as Claudia Bigelow 
* [Rockliffe Fellowes](/source/Rockliffe_Fellowes) as Stephen Carey 
* [Vera Reynolds](/source/Vera_Reynolds) as Sadie Callahan 
* [Edward Everett Horton](/source/Edward_Everett_Horton) as Vincent Platt 
* [Harry Mestayer](/source/Harry_Mestayer) as Charles Bigelow 
* [William V. Mong](/source/William_V._Mong) as Enoch Metcalf 
* [Eddie Phillips](/source/Eddie_Phillips_(actor)) as Tony 
* [Tom O'Brien](/source/Tom_O'Brien_(actor%2C_born_1890)) as Tim Callahan 
* [Evelyn Selbie](/source/Evelyn_Selbie) as Hulda 
* [Robert Dudley](/source/Robert_Dudley_(actor)) as Lem 
* [Stanley Goethals](/source/Stanley_Goethals) as Jimsy 
* [J.C. Fowler](/source/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](/source/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films) |access-date=July 11, 2025}}</ref>

Brawn, a male [German Shepherd](/source/German_Shepherd), was sired by [Strongheart](/source/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](/source/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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