Whitehall - Henry Morrison Flagler Museum

​Palm Beach

The Breakers, Palm Beach​

Seeking representation for feature-length screenplay

​​FLAGLER

Written by Sandra Fontana

Memorial Presbyterian Church

St. Augustine

Flagler Station Oversea Railway Historium, Key West

A production benefit ~ these screenplay locations are still in use today…

Ponce de Leon Hotel – now Flagler College (St. Augustine)

The Alcazar Hotel – now the Lightner Museum (St. Augustine)

Memorial Presbyterian Church (St. Augustine)

The Breakers Palm Beach – a luxury resort hotel

Whitehall Estate – now the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum (Palm Beach)

Key West Railway Station – now the Flagler Station Oversea Railway Historium

Title:               FLAGLER

Genre:            Historical Biopic

Logline:          The emotional story of Henry Morrison Flagler, who, after co-founding Standard Oil, decided to create Florida.

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Set in the Gilded Age, Flagler should appeal to those who enjoy such films as Out of Africa, The English Patient, and The Imitation Game; television programing such as Downton Abbey; or Patrick D. Smith’s best-selling historical novel, A Land Remembered.

The Alcazar Hotel, St. Augustine

​PHOTOS OF

Henry Morrison Flagler

The Ponce de Leon Hotel, 1902

​St. Augustine

FLAGLER is the historical biopic of Henry Morrison Flagler (1830-1913), who, after digging himself out of bankruptcy, went on to become one of the wealthiest visionaries of all time.

Having failed miserably at salt mining, Henry Flagler co-founded Standard Oil with John D. Rockefeller. Together, they dominated the oil industry and created a monopoly of such immense proportions, it became the focus of the most famous anti-trust lawsuit in American history. Although an array of intriguing and famous people filled Flagler's life, he was best known for his business acumen. Following a trip to Florida for the benefit of his ailing wife, he contributed much of his great wealth to the development of the state, which was, at the time, populated by pioneers and Seminoles. As he created some of the most spectacular resort hotels in the world, forging a path through wilderness, he built a railroad that delivered wealthy travelers to the front doors. Continually moving south, he created entire communities— building schools, churches, hospitals, and homes for his workers. Not only did he construct the Florida East Coast Railway, which stretched from Jacksonville to Miami, he continued from the southern tip of the peninsular, over the Atlantic Ocean, all the way to Key West. With three wives, three children, and three unique business endeavors— each a fascinating story in and of itself— FLAGLER depicts the emotional story of, perhaps, the most intelligent man of his time… a humble man with unequalled vision, who loved and lost, whose creativity was marveled the world over, and who took chances that no one else could or would … that was Henry Flagler.

 ​ Author & Screenwriter

 Sandra Fontana