In (someone's) old custom, the eldest sister had to marry first. But this really held things up for the other sisters, who may have already found their desired mate. And younger Phyllis (flora bramley) has found her man, Bobby (anthony bushell). So they hatch a scheme to marry off Celia, the older sister (dorothy mckaill). But Celia has some tricks of her own up her sleeve. The picture quality is pretty rough, an everyone is wearing SO MUCH face makeup. The sound is fine... and of course, this film is almost 100 years old, so we're lucky to have it in any condition. When a military man (Basil Rathbone) arrives at the front door, a huge monkey wrench tossed into the works. Rathbone had been knocking around hollywood for ten years, but hadn't started playing Sherlock Holmes yet. The story is rather silly, some scenes just go on waaaaay too long. When the mother goes into hysterics, that scene just goes on forEVER. And when they talk about going out or leaving, it takes FOREVER to actually do it. So much blathering. Started with a good premise, but the story needed jazzing up. Directed by Bill Seiter. Novel by british author A. Mason, probably best known for Four Feathers. THAT one keeps getting remade, first as silent films, and several times as talking pictures.
Review of The Flirting Widow
