Main Cast: Dorothy Mackaill, Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, William Austin
Release Year: 1930
Country: US
Run Time: 70 minutes
Plot
Basil Rathbone unexpectedly plays the romantic lead in The Flirting Widow. Dorothy Mackaill stars as a wealthy young lady whose father has forbidden her younger sister (Leila Hyams) to marry before Dorothy does. To help sis out, Dorothy "invents" a husband, whom she claims is a British colonel stationed in Arabia. Dorothy discovers that the man she's designated as her imaginary hubby actually exists, in the form of the nonplused Mr. Rathbone. The dilemma: Dorothy has claimed that Rathbone is deceased, a report that is greatly exaggerated. Based on the story Green Stockings by A.E.W. Mason, Flirting Widow was the remake of a silent feature titled Slightly Used (27). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
William Seiter - Director, John F. Goodrich - Editor, Sidney Hickox - Cinematographer, Sid Gickox - Cinematographer, John F. Goodrich - Screenwriter, A.E.W. Mason - Short Story Author
