"The Flapper" (1920) starring Olive Thomas

[@dandrieberg1893]

its funny these people making this movie had no idea people be watching this movie at 2 am near their faces in the comfort of their own bed lol

[@some156]

So true.

[@crystaldubois9654]

wow THANKS its 2:13 am lmfao

[@zzzzxxxx341]

Ahhhhhhh, okey.......

[@AigroM]

you discover me...(2:05)!haauhauhauahu

[@EverydayIsNow]

Facts 👌👌

[@Kaltross_The_Bounty_Hunter]

This is the first movie I've watched in 2020.

[@monstersmashersclan2899]

Same

[@lydiasummerr]

😂

[@weltonvillegal6258]

And I’d say the best too.

[@elly3rd939]

Sammeeeeee!!

[@punkrockredneck5563]

That’s totally bad ass ... when I realize them chicks is grandma ... for me . Stupid 21st century ...

[@Giorgio-j6p]

Alan Crosland had a brief but brilliant independent personality. - Dead in 1936, at the age of 41, as a result of an automobile accident on Sunset Boulevard - . He will always be remembered as the first "talkie" director ("The Jazz Singer", 1927, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck). It should be noted that, at that time, talkies were totally experimental (and pretty hard tasks') elaborated works.

[@juliavidall899]

Ever imagine living in the 1920’s, going to parties where everyone is drunk and dancing? Or dressing fancy to go to the store or to parties. And then coming back to 2020 noticing how amazing it was in the 20’s

[@chef_artist1374]

Preach!!! 👏

[@ezra6454]

Life is much better comparatively. Hygiene wasn't an important part of their life. Think about it.

[@witchsistah]

Not so amazing for some.

[@josephdockemeyer6782]

@@witchsistah Maybe in Salem, witch.

[@courthebrave]

I imagine getting to meet all the silent film stars. It would be so cool to have a nice convo with them about their life.

[@台獨萬歲-h4l]

This old film is so well preserved that I could imagine myself walking on the streets of New York in1920 nearly one hundred years ago!i can see people dancing,enjoying delicious recipes and their daily routines,what will people looked upon us in 2120 just as we do to the people in this one hundred years old film?

[@johneyon5257]

i believe the film was found in the vaults of George Eastman (of Eastman Kodak) - which accounts for the pristine quality

[@emilymalden3310]

I do see that as well. What our world will be like a century from now.

[@Koviklay]

​@@emilymalden3310 If we even make it that far.

[@williamschlenger1518]

Beautiful move.I was born 13 years later.

[@bababooey8882]

Holy shit you were born in 1933

[@anneshields2010]

Omg wow your the oldest you tuber I have met it’s a pleasure to meet you sir

[@michaeledwards6683]

Wow!

[@RansomShindawakei]

Wow! You're an OLD FART!

[@blabla5938]

U still alive?

[@SEB1991SEB]

100 Years old today, that's crazy. The 1920's have become ancient history instead of just the olden times that grandparents talk about, it's scary to think about. Still though, it's great we can still connect with the past through films like this.

[@cathleenmoyle1476]

They're still olden times because it was only 100 years ago, and it was in the modern era.

[@SEB1991SEB]

@@cathleenmoyle1476 Yeah that’s true, but what I meant was that the 1920s are no longer in the memory of living people, so they’re more like history now since the only way we can learn about them is from books and stuff, which is weird since I’ve always thought of them as a time that elderly people experienced and would talk about. But that’s no longer the case.

[@cathleenmoyle1476]

@@SEB1991SEB oh...

[@rcgeraghty6627]

Imagine everybody in that movie is dead. If they could see from beyond their graves, I wonder what they think of this century.

[@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040]

Except they can. Olive Thomas came through mediums to tell about herself after she "died", as described in the book "The Realities of Heaven" by Miles Allen, available on Amazon Kindle.

[@applejellypucci]

@@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 Olive's ghost still haunts the New Amsterdam Theatre in NYC

[@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040]

@@applejellypucci She may well indeed. Can't help herself, I guess.

[@geeswithane7yrago303]

They would think that we have all become extreme prostitutes for showing our knees and more

[@JDG-hq8gy]

🙋🏼‍♂️ sorry to break it to you man but you need to get in touch with reality, mediums are scams, and this woman, is long gone

[@sharnjitsharonlalli212]

RIP beautiful talented Olive Thomas 🙏💗💗

[@WhtRabbit76]

It is tragic the way she died . She married Jack Pickford, the younger brother of Mary Pickford in 1916 after eloping (neither side of the family approved of their intent to marry). In 1920 the couple took a second honeymoon to France. One night in September 1920 after an evening out on the town, Olive accidentally ingested the highly toxic mercury bi-chloride used by her husband Jack to treat sores caused by his chronic syphilis, unfortunately the poison destroyed her kidneys, and she died in the American Hospital in Paris on 10 Sept 1920.

[@johneyon5257]

don't forget that they were having marital problems and went to france to try to work it out - the accidental ingestion of the poison is HIS story - (we have to believe she deliberately drank from a bottle with a label written in french) - the french police couldn't find anything countering his claim - but the the husband was regarded with suspicion ever afterwards - search the internet of "Olive Thomas death"

[@YooTuba]

It's tragic and a likely sign of some personal disturbance that a beautiful young movie star would want to elope with a man who either had or later would get "chronic syphilis". I doubt her death was an accident.

[@poorthing]

@John Mamo everyone agreed, she was poisoned. Not everyone agreed if it was accidental or deliberate or even..murder. Jack Pickford was a real piece of work, he married astonishingly accomplished women, I can't see his appeal. Olive Thomas was considered A beauty and had a famous Vargas portrait, which is lovely but risque and hung in Flo Ziegfelds office. Mary Pickford said Olive had the most beautiful violet eyes. I've never seen an entire O. Thomas movie.

[@christopherparker3328]

Very tragic. I see Theodore Westman, who plays BIll Forbes, died 7 years later at 24 years old. Anyone know the cause?

[@briseboy]

@@YooTuba No real escape from syphilis was possible then. The spirochete tends to sequester from immune system in the brain for long periods, dementing and/or killing years later. Antibiotics were not discovered until later, and without researching sulfa- drugs, I doubt that any other treatment, however toxic, could do more than favor that bacterial sequestration.

[@STUKASHOCK]

Olive Thomas, a love lost somewhere in time...

[@ithacamademovies4847]

Her first film appearance was in the 1916 series Beatrice Fairfax she was the star of episode #10 "Playball" filmed a month before she married Jack Pickford. It also survives and is available on DVD

[@unknowndeoxys00]

I recently bought myself a beautiful giclee poster of Memories of Olive, and I had to find out who she was. And so it turns out she was the "original flapper," in a way. What a slice of history. 😍😍

[@hotsickle]

needs music...silent films weren't meant to be completely silent :-)

[@3000EJS]

Douglas Fairbanks You could pick your own -- while watching this, I had the Stones going there for a while (Goats Head Soup). Multitasking.

[@hotsickle]

maybe I'll just hum along with it...

[@JudgeJulieLit]

True, but back then theatres hired live pianists (like my late grandmother) to provide music for a film. So musical accompaniment at first was not part of the celluloid.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

+3000EJS Goat's Head Soup--an interesting choice; not everyone's first.

[@KelinOSA]

Great idea.

[@glennmorris371]

Olive Thomas was almost to beautiful for this world. She was one of the most beautiful actress's ever.. Rip Olive.

[@305Capricorn]

Wow this movie is officially 100 years old !

[@aziraphaleluvr]

101 now!!! That's crazy!

[@lisakay1006]

102 now( LoL)!

[@Zelie_Clothilde_De_Rouvroy]

104 lol!!

[@jerryjohnson8485]

To think,so many people from the 1800's in this movie!!🤯

[@ThePlataf]

To think, some people watching this are from the 1900s!

[@griseldis]

Charming! Olive Thomas was so sweet. :-)

[@babymammoth34]

the 1920's film scene was such a dashing, cool trip! So thrilled I'm discovering more of them these days. Thank you much for posting this fun little movie-appreciated ;-).

[@GROOVYJOJO]

Very good quality if restored they did a great job!🎥🎥🎥

[@JasmineTea127]

I love film history! How special!

[@minyhillchere9467]

Lovable witty and clean with innocence. How time flies but still we get the humour after 100 years just the way they did 100 years ago.

[@joycefoltz1122]

I enjoy watching this old movies. Love the clothes 😍

[@MichaelLantz]

This was the era sandwiched between the Gibson Girl and The Flapper

[@unamed2516]

This 🎞 is lovely. It’s nice to not need to put on your headphones and just read the words that’s on the 📺

[@alwaysblake148]

Wonderful film that seems very current in its execution and art titles that have a life of their own. Olive Thomas is legendary because of the untimely and awful way she died. But here she lives--giving a terrific performance. Her beauty is strangely very modern as well as being breathtaking.

[@mikebeesley5458]

Ridiculous

[@lillinablue]

Olive Thomas was among the greatest Flapper of the time. It is really a shame there Is not much of its well preserved movies left.

[@timvandenbrink4461]

She looks more like a Gibson Girl than a Flapper in this film to me.

[@JeanetteattheAsylumvtm]

20:10 Oh, I still remember those old fashioned rocking horses. They might appear outdated now, but its mechanics were quite something for a children's toy at the time. Not cheap either...

[@raymondhummel5211]

Loved the movie. Thank you for sharing it with all of us.

[@steventhommes1077]

this film is 95 years old, and olive thomas had been dead since the year it was released.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Now 98 ... .

[@ediwijanarko6460]

@@JudgeJulieLit now 99

[@JudgeJulieLit]

@@ediwijanarko6460 Now 99 and seven hours ... .

[@JudgeJulieLit]

The Grim Reaper hath by now reaped the whole cast.

[@jaceksawicki2578]

Now 100

[@lindaberry1311]

I have really enjoyed all the movies thank you for letting me watch them

[@danielscott712000]

thank you for sharing this.

[@craigwillingham9511]

Olive Thomas is lovely, in any era.

[@ledonwissner2200]

Thank you for sharing. I have worked in film, small screen & radio. But I adore the magic of the Silen Film era!

[@kelboyce762]

Olive is simply gorgeous. Even Mabel Normand adored her, plastering her dressing room walls with her pictures and compiling a bound photo album of her. Both were accused of being foul-mouthed.

[@maggiewood4332]

1920s women were so so natural and beautiful .. More so that anyone in my humble opinion

[@babymammoth34]

Agreed, they truly were!-Not a pointless tat or hair extension in sight for any of them. They had serious class. Sexiness but class.

[@babymammoth34]

I love her eyes and expressive face and her luxurious hair...(swooning)

[@JudgeJulieLit]

@@maggiewood4332 But for kohl eyeliner and shadow, and rouged lips.

[@snc0023]

Baby Mammoth34 Lots of booze and drugs tho

[@aaadj2744]

Happy 100th anniversary for this movie !

[@storylass9071]

100 years ago and the West Point cadet uniform hasn't changed!

[@HelderMN]

What a gem! Thank you!

[@rachelblack8097]

I second this!

[@donaldclapper4699]

oh thank you so much no bad music just good vids

[@heatherr0420]

The fact that this is over a hundred years old blows my mind

[@Old-Time-Fun]

Very creative graphics in the dialog frames -

[@Ferocious_Imbecile]

This is awesome. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.

[@trinapatterson8905]

"Aw gee but, you look swell!! (I think I was born 50 years too late!!!!)

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Aw gee, your comment is swell!

[@BunkerWise215]

Your comment is swell, no fooling

[@TheBlizzardcat]

Tinny sounding piano music would be nice.

[@danrooc]

48:34 "If life offered so many adventures, why die? Poor Olive Thomas died that same year. :-(

[@electric7508]

She died doing 2 more films after that one.

[@danrooc]

@@electric7508 Yes, all In 1920.

[@lennygreco3411]

Love this movie!

[@Lia-zm1hj]

It is so strange to see a silent film, I keep trying to turn up the volume to hear the sound even though I know it doesn't have a lol. would be is fantastic to hear her voice and her beautiful eyes in a film, it is strange to think of everything that happened in those 100 years of her death. I hope she has found peace

[@k.auan2375]

Great movie I love the story.

[@zaker721]

This is PERFECT! The origins of Nancy Drew and all the other "adventure girls" of schoolgirl age---though to be fair this was ALL an outgrowth of the Gibson Girl era (at least in America) I love how this world straddled both the strict victorian values but also showed that girls were kids too and they wanted adventure and fun. It always ends with a marriage ( the downfall of most girls' series books of the pre Nancy Drew era, as aging the characters into marriage effectively killed their appeal as how much adventure is involved in cooking?) but before you get to the marriage...what fun it is! And OH the gorgeous middy (sailor) dresses and shirts.

[@jacquespauldauriac9994]

😅😊

[@plophlegm]

iTunes: "The 1920s Radio Network" ~ there's your soundtrack ~

[@viantzpradz4771]

It was 100 years ago...

[@lawsonj39]

Great old wooden boats. I've seen pix of my great-grandmother in similar. Just looked up Olive Thomas. Poor thing died of nephritis the year this movie came out; she accidentally drank her husband's syphilis medicine (a mercury-based concoction--external use only), and it shut down her kidneys.

[@fuzzyburnette7161]

Worth watching just to see the great Arthur Houseman sober & playing a heel. Miss Thomas's death after this film was tragic.

[@futurehistory2110]

Watching these movies I try to visualise watching it back then. And then to imagine how the world in 1920 was just our world, existence itself at a different time, every bit as real with countless people having hopes and dreams. And the world we now live in some future long-off fantasy. Along with that lots of normal and ordinary experiences like waking up from a weird dream to yawning while reading a book to having a headache and feeling irritable as a result. Putting yourself in that time is fascinating to contemplate and, at least I find, can give you a different perspective when watching old movies, i.e. by trying to imagine this when it was new and cutting-edge.

[@Abandoned_Asylum]

She filmed this only a few months before her UNTIMELY, and suspicious death, in Paris. Jack Pickford at 1st said it was suicide, then found out that his $$$ insane Life Insurance policy he took out on Olive wouldn't pay if it was suicide. It was quickly changed to accidental ingestion of his Syphilis medication. He had to fight the insurance co. when he came back to the US, which he ultimately won, but given his sister was Mary Pickford, not surprising. RIP to this beautiful Flapper.

[@eileen1820]

Wow I didn't hear the whole backstory - that is definitely suspicious!

[@GoobNoob]

Disgusting

[@bilebily294]

He never killed her.He tried to kill himself on the boat back to USA

[@bobbiejeanne66]

This story is pure fiction. Yes, she took an overdose, but it was accidental. The directions were in French, and she misread them

[@olivedarb03]

Great picture quality ! A darling film !

[@scotnick59]

Amazing to think that Olive died in the same year this film was made: 103 years ago in 192O

[@amberpearce222]

Great film, one of the best.

[@abheygpt1]

I still remember watching this movie with my girlfriend in theatre. Those were good days.

[@Andrax999]

She died around the same time robert harron died they were almost the same age to

[@musicaltheatergeek79]

*Olive Thomas/'Ginger King'* and *Theodore Westman, Jr./'Bill Forbes'* both died tragically young -- she at age 25 in September 1920 (four months after this film was released); he at age 24 in November 1927 (one month after the advent of talkies).

[@liamcorley5170]

All them previous legend actors from a along long long time ago. God rest the souls.

[@dipyamansaha3031]

Thanks you so so much.

[@hanamakizero8667]

When you’re writing a book about the 1920’s

[@skyfox490]

I have an ex who looks so much like Olive Thomas that it’s honestly disturbing

[@jmommay0362]

I wish I could see!

[@amberpearce222]

I look quite a bit like her honestly

[@csilva1069]

Olive Thomas era muito linda! Tão jovem quando morreu em Paris ao beber veneno acidentalmente. Muito triste. Esse filme é maravilhoso e muito conservado. Faltava uma música de fundo. Perfeito.

[@yorkmba99]

You are very welcome. Please visit our website for star bios, slide shows and much more. Thanks.

[@naguerea]

Thank you for your efforts.

[@artiehuckabee75]

Good old movie. Young children these days do not know good movies anymore.

[@Koviklay]

Excellent film. 😊

[@milaanna444]

It’s so weird that they recorded that nearly a 100 years ago

[@653j521]

Now if we had the musical accompaniment as well, we'd really have something.

[@shannonsmith297]

❤❤❤

[@rebeccalouisejohnson3772]

What a wonderful movie.

[@emilyraynes1841]

loved this! can anyone suggest any other films like this one? (preferably ones available on youtube)

[@GROOVYJOJO]

Emily Raynes pandoras box with louise brooks on youtube

[@sbailey4349]

"IT" with Clara Bow

[@johneyon5257]

"Pandora's Box" is not like this film - it is european & grim & decadent - but american Louise Brooks is a must see - very naturalistic back when many silent actors were mugging - beautiful - search youtube for her and you'll come across biographies of her - and short clips - and an occasional movie - silent and sound Olive is a lot like Mary Pickford - i'd recommend you start with Mary - and move outwards from her for myself - i prefer Greta Garbo - but her movies were more tragic - but she was incomparably beautiful in those silent film days - and a potent actress

[@akbarnoorzahi835]

100 years ago from now? Wow wow wow.....❤

[@FrankietheLawDog]

They really gave you time to read the credits in those days..........

[@johneyon5257]

they didn't list everyone

[@reynaldocreer8443]

this is my movie collection

[@KartiMarti]

Wow. 100 years ago.

[@reynaldocreer8443]

this is the first movie I've watched in 2020

[@katherine500]

id never heard of Olive Thomas until a radio programme today

[@peterpyke1213]

100 years,its not so long.nothing really changesjust technology

[@JulieBall-dg2ci]

test, test to see if I'm shadow banned, Doesn't matter if I am. Enjoying the movie. Thank you. :)

[@LL-ex5mr]

My headphones broke so time to watch silent movies 😌

[@jetnight88]

Was really a sad ending for her how she died 😢

[@anniem.4204]

Olive Thomas! ❤

[@platypuswithaphone8590]

Imagine in 1920 when people were watching this in complete silence and just read this

[@jaydock1]

Platypus with a Phone there would be music playing along with the movie!

[@jt1929]

Came here for Norma Shearer and her sister Athole but I’ve read about Olive Thomas in Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon. She is good and they dressed her differently than the other school girls to stand out, it’s sad that she died so young.

[@chrisyonts9652]

"That's a paddln'." --Mrs. Paddles

[@gugoop6918]

The smokey eye

[@lymarie1974]

Just learned of this pretty lady. Had to find one of her movies

[@jczki9888]

100 years ago ..

[@amyclarke41]

omg A!

[@itsghostyidiottt9325]

Fin fact, if you ever go to the exact place Olive performed and see her spirit, it's always kind to say, "Good night Olive" to her each time. To know it's Olive she'll be wearing the green dress she wore on stage, and hold a bottle. I believe it's the same bottle she drank, that sadly took her life.

[@cronexmanex4771]

100 years ago

[@billshute61]

I'm fine with the lack of music. Better no music than inappropriate music. It's the film that matters, and this one is a gem.

[@MsCValentiner]

I listen to relaxing music while watching silent movies.

[@maudefealy5297]

Poor baby!

[@partymariner]

Amazing!

[@anneshields2010]

Love these old movies their a classic and the idea of the women tucking their scarfs inside their belts is a great idea stop them blowing about might try that this winter when I wear my good dress coat who knows the idea might catch on again over 100 years later

[@lillinablue]

🎥A nice movie about the Flappers and " Roaring Twentys". 🧚‍♀️Moreover a curiosity : pretty Olive Thomas has been the first wife of Jack Pickford ( Mary Pickford's brother ). ❤️