Pre Code Hollywood Season: FD Cinematheque

Flirtation (1934)

Director: Leo Birinsky

Cast: Jeanette Loff, Ben Alexander, Arthur Tracy, Emma Dunn, Franklin Pangborn, Al K Hall, Cissy Fitzgerald, Helen McKellar, William Pawley, Corky

58 min

Plot

When Dudley, a young man from the country, comes to the city with his dog “Corky,” he falls in love with an actress named Nancy.

Dudley loses Corky, but when the dog shows up and causes a disruption while Nancy is singing onstage, she is fired. A short time later, Nancy discovers that her mother, who has been led to believe that Nancy is happily married with a baby, is coming to town. To maintain the deception, Nancy convinces Dudley to pretend to be her husband and “borrows” a baby.

The ruse is soon discovered, but by then Nancy and Dudley have fallen in love. Nancy then marries Dudley and they move to his home in the country.


	Jeanette Loff	…	Nancy Poole
	Ben Alexander	…	Dudley
	Arthur Tracy	…	The Street Singer
	Emma Dunn	…	Mrs. Poole
	Franklin Pangborn	…	Veterinarian
	Al K. Hall
	Cissy Fitzgerald	…	Mrs. Nerps
	Helen MacKellar	…	Mrs. Smith – the Baby’s Mother
	William Pawley
	Corky	…	Dudley’s Dog
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Ernie Adams	…	The Crook (uncredited)
	Tommy Bupp	…	The Baby (uncredited)
	Billy Franey	…	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Mary Gordon	…	Woman on a Window (uncredited)
	Kit Guard	…	Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
	Fay Holderness	…	Woman on a Window (uncredited)
	Hattie McDaniel	…	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Lee Moran	…	Stage Manager (uncredited)
	Tempe Pigott	…	Flower Woman (uncredited)