Name: Madcap Madge
Released: 1917
Cast: Olive Thomas, Charles Gunn, Dorcas Matthews, Aggie Herring, Jack Livingston

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Jun 24, 1917

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee

Distribution Company

Triangle Distributing Corp.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Film Length

5 reels

Synopsis

The social climbing Flower family is comprised of Mr. Flower, a banker who has overextended himself financially, Mrs. Flower, a socially ambitious mother, Julia Flower, a marriage-minded elder daughter and Madge Flower, a high-spirited younger daughter. When Madge is expelled from boarding school for her practical jokes and pranks, she joins her mother and sister in Palm Beach, where they are wintering, in hopes of snaring a titled husband for Julia. Julia, fearful that her little sister will impair her success on the marriage market, forces Madge to dress as a child of ten. Julia has her sights set on the Earl of Larsdale, but after a series of misadventures, Madge elopes with the young man who turns out not to be an earl at all, but a prosperous young American who is holding her father's notes. Thus, she saves the day for the Flower family.