In what year did an iconic symbol of the flapper appear in a silent crime drama?
Louise Brooks Mary Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985), who worked professionally as Louise Brooks, was an American film actress and dancer noted as an iconic symbol of the flapper, and for popularizing the bobbed haircut.
Hairpins (film) Hairpins is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. A surviving print is in a private collection.