The Flirt (1917 film)

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The Flirt
Directed by Billy Gilbert
Written by H.M. Walker
Produced by Hal Roach
Starring Harold Lloyd
Cinematography Walter Lundin
Edited byDella Mullady
Distributed by Pathé Exchange
Release date
  • November 11, 1917 (1917-11-11)
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Flirt is a 1917 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Copies of the film survive in the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and the British Film Institute. [1]

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Plot

Harold Lloyd plays an incorrigible skirt-chaser who follows a pretty girl from a park to her place of employment as a cashier in a restaurant. He orders a huge meal and then proceeds to get the waiter fired so he can take his place. In a short time Lloyd creates mayhem that annoys both the restaurant's customers and its kitchen staff. Lloyd eventually learns that the cashier is married to the proprietor of the restaurant. He then quickly leaves, sees another pretty girl, and follows her down the street.

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Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Flirt was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut the scene of the waiter wiping a tray and his feet on the cook's posterior. [2]

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References

  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: The Flirt". silentera.com. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
  2. "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 5 (25): 31. December 15, 1917.