THE FLAPPER (1920) With Commentary

The great silent film with original period music.
Synopsis: Teenager Ginger King is living in a very wealthy family in the boring town of Orange Springs, Florida, where even having a soft drink with a boy is scandalous.
Commentary by David the Bruce focusing on actress Olive Thomas and writer Frances Marion.

THE FLAPPER ( Wikipedia)
A 1920 American silent comedy film starring Olive Thomas. Directed by Alan Crosland, the film was the first in the United States to portray the "flapper" lifestyle, which would become a cultural craze or fad in the 1920s.

Frances Marion ( Wikipedia )
Frances Marion (1888-1973) was an American journalist, author, film director and screenwriter often cited as the most renowned female screenwriter of the 20th century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos. She was the first writer to win two Academy Awards.

Olive Thomas ( Wikipedia )
Thomas began her career as an illustrator's model in 1914, and moved on to the Ziegfeld Follies the following year. During her time as a Ziegfeld girl, she also appeared in the more risqué show The Midnight Frolic. In 1916, she began a successful career in silent films and would appear in more than 20 features over the course of her four-year film career. That year she also married actor Jack Pickford, the younger brother of fellow silent-film star Mary Pickford.

On September 10, 1920, Thomas died of acute nephritis in Paris five days after consuming mercury bichloride. Although her death was ruled accidental, news of her hospitalization and subsequent death were the subject of speculation in the press. Thomas' death has been cited as one of the first heavily publicized Hollywood scandals.two Academy Awards.