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The Flag of Fortune (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

The Flag of Fortune (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Grandpa and Grandma live with their granddaughter, Betty, and are in straitened circumstances. Years before Grandpa made out his pension papers correctly, but they became lost mysteriously and up to the present he has been unable to ...See moreGrandpa and Grandma live with their granddaughter, Betty, and are in straitened circumstances. Years before Grandpa made out his pension papers correctly, but they became lost mysteriously and up to the present he has been unable to receive the pension due him on account of the missing papers. Grandpa ekes out a meager living by doing odd jobs gardening. Grandpa writes to the pension office asking them to make another search for the papers. Soon he receives a reply stating that they can do nothing without the original papers. On top of this disappointment, the landlord comes in and requests the long-due rent. The old man shows the letter he has just received and pleads for more time. The landlord promises to give them another month. Betty applies for work in a moving picture studio, and the director agrees to give her a trial if she can furnish an evening dress. At home, Betty takes one of Grandma's old dresses, and makes her way back to the studio, undetected. She makes a hit with all the company and receives the big sum of $5.00 for her day's work. There is great rejoicing in the humble home that night when the news gets out, but Grandpa does not like the idea of his little girl acting. Accordingly when next Betty goes to the studio she is accompanied by her grandparents. When Betty introduces her Grandpa to the director and leading man. Jack Warren, they both realize he is the ideal type for the part of the old soldier in the picture. Grandpa goes home and decks himself out in his beloved uniform. Grandma, helping him, notices his flag, all furled and tied, and takes it along unnoticed by the others. The party arrive on the battlefield and have several rehearsals, but the director is doubtful about Grandpa's acting. However, they decide to go on with the picture. During the action the flag bearer falls and Grandpa finds that he is his own nephew. During the action, the boy breaks the staff of the prop flag and, while they are trying to find another. Grandma offers the flag she brought. The camera is started and when the boy falls the flag is partly unfurled. Grandpa comes upon the boy and his acting is all the most exacting director could wish. Even after the camera stops, he holds the pose and the others rushing up to him, find him staring at the ground. Jack Warren picks up the object upon which the old man is looking so happily and they find the long missing pension papers. Betty then remembers how, when a little tot, she had been given the letter by the postman and playing with her Grandpa's uniform had put the letter in the flag. Jack and Betty have become mutually interested in each other and after Jack has figured out the back pension money will be a snug fortune for the old folks, his plea to the old folks to allow Betty to be his wife instead of leading woman, receives their warm approval, for they, too, have found a lot to admire in the gentlemanly leading man. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Murdock MacQuarrie Grandpa Grandpa See fewer	Modern Times (1936)
May Bensen Grandma (as Mother Benson) Grandma (as Mother Benson) See fewer	Mother (I) (1913)
Edna Payne Betty Betty See fewer	The Sacrifice of Jonathan Gray (1915)
Arthur Moon Jack Warren Jack Warren See fewer	A Lislebank (1917)