The Campus Flirt
| The Campus Flirt | |
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 Movie poster | |
| Directed by | Clarence Badger |
| Written by | Louise Long Lloyd Corrigan |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Bebe Daniels |
| Cinematography | H. Kinley Martin |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes; 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Campus Flirt (a.k.a. The College Flirt) is a lost[1][2] 1926 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Clarence Badger and starred Bebe Daniels. Comedian El Brendel makes his film debut here.[3][4]
Plot
[edit]Patricia, spoiled by her mother, is sent by her father to his alma mater to get her head straight. At college, given scant consideration by her favored sorority, she falls in with the “fast set” and gets mixed up in a kidnapping. One afternoon, while ridiculing the girl’s track team, a white rat climbs her leg. Panicked, she sprints past the entire team, revealing her unknown talent. A handsome undergraduate talks her into going out for the team. She gives up partying and drinking. Olympic sprint champ Charley Paddock, under his own name, becomes her coach. During the big meet, spies from the rival school kidnap her. She escapes in time to join the relay and anchor the team to victory—while winning her ungrad beau.[5][6]
Cast
[edit]- Bebe Daniels as Patricia Mansfield
- James Hall as Denis Adams
- El Brendel as Knute Knudson
- Charley Paddock as himself
- Joan Standing as Harriet Porter
- Gilbert Roland as Graham Stearns
- Irma Komelia as Mae
- Jocelyn Lee as Gwen
Notes
[edit]Exteriors were shot on the University of California, Berkeley campus,[7] writer Lloyd Corrigan's alma mater.
Daniels and Paddock became engaged after a whirlwind romance, as widely reported during the movie’s rollout.[5] In June 1927, they announced the end of the engagement and the desire to remain “just friends.”[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Campus Flirt". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2025.
- ↑ The Campus Flirt at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures - 1926 Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971.
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Campus Flirt AFI Catalog of Feature Films Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- 1 2 Epes W. Sargent, “The Campus Flirt”, The Moving Picture World, October 2, 1926.
- ↑ “The Campus Flirt”, Cinema Art, November 1926.
- ↑ "Paddock, Now Actor, Due Here", San Francisco Call Bulletin, June 15, 1926.
- ↑ United Press, “Engagement Broken By Bebe Daniels”, June 13, 1927.
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