The Flirting Widow is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Dorothy Mackaill, Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams and Claude Gillingwater. It was produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Plot: A young woman (Dorothy Mackaill) thinks fast when her pretend suitor, "Col. Smith (Basil Rathbone)," pays her a visit and plays along.