Shocked and terrified boy takes flight,
seeks his fortune, gets aboard ship, ultimately turns up on dry land among the Cape wine: small proprietor, farmer, grower--whatever you like to call it.'
A chance flip of a coin determined whether young Alexander would flee to America or Great Britain; as an immigrant, he
seeks his fortune and struggles to survive as the decades unfold.
Oliver Twist (2005) (CH 4, 1.25pm) Orphan Oliver flees his harsh upbringing in the workhouse and
seeks his fortune in London, where he falls in with the duplicitous Fagin and his gang of thieves.
Star rating: THE THREE MUSKETEERS 3D (12A) D'Artagnan (Logan Lerman)
seeks his fortune in the court of King Louis (Freddie Fox) and his bride Queen Anne (Juno Temple).
Sixteen and pregnant, Eliza Sommers flees Chile and follows her lover to California where he
seeks his fortune in the 1849 gold rush.
But while her friend David
seeks his fortune on board naval ships, she has to stick closer to home.
Finally, she finds refuge on a farm where the son of the family is yearning for city life; he hands over the farm work to her, allowing him to leave his loving mother behind as he
seeks his fortune. Chu Ju eventually tells the truth to this woman, who accepts her as her own child, and Chu Ju returns to tell her real family that she is alive and doing well.
