Madcap Madge (1917)

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 marriageminded elder daughter and Madge Flower a highspirited 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 fathers notes Thus she saves the day for the Flower family