THE FLAG tells the simple story of how George Washington asked Betsy Ross to design a new flag for the young country. It also features a sub-plot involving a British officer who is spy, seeking shelter under Betsy Ross' roof. Washington's dilemma is whether to reveal the spy who is in love with one of Ross' boarders, or to let true love run its course.
That's about it for whatever story has been woven about the making of the first American flag. It's a short whose main attraction is the use of early two-strip Technicolor that appears more muted than the three-strip kind that came later. TCM is showing it with an appropriate musical score for the background.
Probably you're only chance to see FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN (of "Ben-Hur" fame) in color, as George Washington.
That's about it for whatever story has been woven about the making of the first American flag. It's a short whose main attraction is the use of early two-strip Technicolor that appears more muted than the three-strip kind that came later. TCM is showing it with an appropriate musical score for the background.
Probably you're only chance to see FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN (of "Ben-Hur" fame) in color, as George Washington.