The Flag of Freedom

A Revolutionary love story with George Washington and Betsy Ross (whom we see making the flag), among the characters. Hazel Neason, as the daughter of a Tory, plays one of the best and most natural characterizations that we remember in all the stories of this kind that we have seen. Tom Moore plays opposite to her a Colonial captain, her lover, whom the Tory father greatly dislikes but who, with the help of Betsy Ross and the Commander-in-Chief, marries her notwithstanding. There are no battle scenes or ball scenes (why do most producers think such necessary in Revolutionary stories?) But the love drama is developed simply and naturally for its own sake and pleases much. The glimpses of Colonial rooms and furnishings are lovely; they make many of the scenes delightful pictures. Though it is not a great picture, it surely is a very acceptable offering. Alice Joyce is a pretty, if not very convincing Betsy Ross; Logan Paul makes a very good George Washington, but there is a picture of Benjamin Franklin in it that is even better. George Robinson plays the Tory, father of the heroine, and Stewart Holmes plays a British officer. - The Moving Picture World, January 18, 1913