Английская Википедия:Betsy Ross (film)
Шаблон:Infobox film Betsy Ross is a surviving 1917 American silent historical film starring Alice Brady and produced and distributed by her father William A. Brady.[1][2]
Plot
As described in a film magazine,[3] Betsy Griscome (Brady), against the wishes of her Quaker parents, keeps a tryst with a British officer, Clarence Vernon (Mayo), who promises to marry her upon his return. Clarissa (Cook), her sister, falls in love and marries Joseph Ashburn (Bowers), a trader. Suspecting Vernon of duplicity, Joseph and Vernon fight a duel and Vernon is struck down. A year later Betsy marries John Ross (Kennard), and upon his death she operates a little shop for a living. Here she shields her sister, who was driven from home when she could not produce her marriage certificate. Betsy is commissioned by General Washington (MacQuarrie) to make the first American flag and later is accused of harboring a spy - in reality, her sister's husband. The film ends happily when all relations are explained.
Cast
- Alice Brady as Betsy Ross
- John Bowers as Joseph Ashburn
- Lillian Cook as Carissa Griscom
- Victor Kennard as John Ross
- Eugenie Woodward as Mrs. Ashburn
- Kate Lester as Mrs. Vernon
- Frank Mayo as Clarence VernonШаблон:Sfn
- George MacQuarrie as George WashingtonШаблон:Sfn
- Justine Cutting as Mrs. Griscom
- Robert Forsyth as Samuel Griscom
- Nellie Fillmore as Mrs. Bass
- Richard Clarke as Lemuel Ketch
Reception
Like many American films of the time, Betsy Ross was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required cuts of scenes of a sword thrust during the duel, killing of second man in duel, the two intertitles "Scarlet woman" and "Don't you dare kill the Vernon nigger," the scene with a duel vision, and the actual firing of the squad at the execution.[4]
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External links
Шаблон:Historic-film-stub Шаблон:1910s-US-film-stub
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988]
- ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Betsy Ross at silentera.com
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
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