Stop Flirting
{{short description|1925 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Stop Flirting
| image = Stop Flirting (1925) - 4.jpg
| caption = Advertisement
| director = Scott Sidney
| producer = Al Christie
Charles Christie
| based_on = For Goodness Sake by Frederick J. Jackson
| writer = Joseph Farnham
| narrator =
| starring = Wanda Hawley
John T. Murray
Ethel Shannon
| music =
| cinematography =Georges Benoît
| editing =
| studio =Christie Film Company
| distributor = Producers Distributing Corporation
| released = {{film date|1925|03|30}}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Stop Flirting is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Wanda Hawley, John T. Murray, and Ethel Shannon.Munden p. 767 It is based on the 1923 West End play of the same title,[https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/StopFlirting1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: Stop Flirting] at silentera.com which itself is based on the original 1922 Broadway musical For Goodness Sake by Frederick J. Jackson.{{ibdb title|12769|For Goodness Sake}}
Synopsis
On their honeymoon Vivian Reynolds finds her husband Perry in the company of other woman twice. To teach him a lesson she begins flirting with every man she encounters. To pay her back, Perry then stages his death in a plane crash. When she discovers the truth she is even more enraged. After a further series of misadventures the couple eventually reconcile.
Cast
- Wanda Hawley as Vivian Marsden Reynolds, The Bride
- John T. Murray as Perry Reynolds, The Groom
- Hallam Cooley as Jeffrey Newfield
- Ethel Shannon as Marjorie Leeds
- Jimmie Adams as Baron Foucould
- Vera Steadman as Suzanne
- Jack Duffy as Joseph, the Butler
- James Harrison as Teddy
- David James as Bobby Anderson
- Rolfe Sedan as One of Vivian's Admirers
References
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Bibliography
- Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
{{commons category|Stop Flirting}}
- {{IMDb title|0016398}}
{{Scott Sidney}}
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Adaptations of works by Frederick J. Jackson
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Silent American comedy films
Category:Films directed by Scott Sidney
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Producers Distributing Corporation films
Category:English-language comedy films
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