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Betsy Ross is a american film of genre Drama directed by Travers Vale released in USA on 16 september 1917 with Alice Brady
Betsy Ross (1917)
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Add to a movie listBetsy Ross is a surviving 1917 American silent historical film starring Alice Brady and produced and distributed by her father William A. Brady.
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As described in a film magazine, 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.Actors
Alice Brady
(Betsy Griscom)
John Bowers
(Joseph Ashburn)
Kate Lester
(Mrs. Vernon)
Frank Mayo
(Clarence Vernon)
George MacQuarrie
(George Washington)
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