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'The Naughty Flirt' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Edward Cline and starring Alice White, Paul Page and Myrna Loy.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6378 "The Naughty Flirt"] in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films1893-1993

Plot



Attorney Alan Ward (Paul Page) is fed up with the reckless behavior of spoiled heiress Kay Elliott (Alice White) – the daughter of the head of his law firm – who is in love with him. Stung by his rejection, she eventually tells him to "Go jump in the lake." Seeing a chance to make up the money they lost in the stock market crash, a fortune-hunting brother and sister, Jack and Linda Gregory (Douglas Gilmore and Myrna Loy), get Kay to agree to marry Jack. At the altar, she announces that she still loves Alan, and he comes to his senses and realizes he loves her too.

Cast



*Alice White as Katherine Constance "Kay" Elliott

*Paul Page as Alan Joseph Ward

*Myrna Loy as Linda Gregory

*Robert Agnew as Wilbur Fairchild

*Douglas Gilmore as John Thomas "Jack" Gregory

*George Irving as John Raleigh Elliott

*Sayre Dearing as Kay's Friend (uncredited)

*Geraldine Dvorak as Party Guest (uncredited)

*Thelma Hill as Friend (uncredited)

*Lloyd Ingraham as Judge Drake (uncredited)

*Jane Keckley as Office Cleaning Woman (uncredited)

*Fred Kelsey as Policeman in Paddy Wagon (uncredited)

*Marian Marsh as Kay's Friend (uncredited)

Production



The film features one of Myrna Loy's early roles. Loy was 26 at the time and this was her last Warner Bros. film before moving on to Sam Goldwyn, then 20th Century Fox for a year, finally settling at MGM. Alice White, on the other hand, had already passed the prime of her career, which started in 1927.

Reception



Press reception to the film was not positive, with 'The New York Times' writing "It is as difficult to find something to praise as it is to find a needle in a haystack," and 'Variety' echoing that the film "can be reduced to a dumb number falling for a guy that's hard to get and getting him... Four starting points and even more endings."Arnold, Jeremy. [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2256/The-Naughty-Flirt/articles.html "The Naughty Flirt"] on TCM.com

Preservation status



'The Naughty Flirt' is preserved in the Library of Congress collection Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation.'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress', p. 125, c.1978 by the American Film Institute

References




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